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Date: 11-28-2021

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United States of America v. Benjamin J. Wilson

Case Number: 1:19-cr-10072-JES-JEH

Judge: James E. Shadid

Court: United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (Peoria County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Peoria, Illinois criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Benjamin J. Wilson, 42, previously of Peoria, Ill, was indicted for possession of child pornography.

At Wilson’s sentencing hearing, U.S. District Court Judge James E. Shadid noted the significant and long-lasting impact to the child victims depicted in the videos Wilson possessed.

In September 2021, Wilson pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, with the offense alleged to have occurred in November 2019. Wilson was detained following arraignment on the indictment and was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals where he has remained since.

The statutory penalty for possession of child pornography is up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

Following Wilson’s release from the Bureau of Prisons, he will be on federal supervised release for ten years and will be required to register as a sex offender.

The charges are the result of an investigation by the United States Secret Service Central Illinois Cyber Crime Unit with assistance from the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U. S. Attorneys Paul Morris and Katherine G. Legge represented the government in the prosecution.

18:2252A.F: ACTIVITIES RE MATERIAL CONSTITUTING/CONTAINING CHILD PORNO On or about November 19, 2019, in Peoria County, in the Central District of Illinois, the defendant knowingly Possession of Child Pornography all in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2)
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Outcome: Defendant was committed to the custody of the BOP for a term of 90 months; 10 years Supervised Release; No fine imposed; $100 Special Assessment.

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