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Date: 01-13-2022
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Case Number: 2:20-cr-00059-JDL
Judge: Jon D. Levy
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Cumberland County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Portland, Maine criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with distributing child pornography.
In October 2019, Joseph Pinkham, 35, sent several text messages to an individual in Texas containing images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The individual in Texas reported the conduct to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators identified the sender as Pinkham and obtained a search warrant for his residence in Boothbay. In an interview with investigators, Pinkham acknowledged sending sexually explicit images of minors to the individual in Texas.
Pinkham was subject to an enhanced sentence because he had been previously convicted of child pornography offenses.
“As the defendant in this case himself noted at sentencing, the distribution of images of child sexual abuse revictimizes those children who are depicted in the images,” said U.S. Attorney McElwee. “Individuals who commit these offenses, particularly those like Mr. Pinkham who commit them after being convicted for similar conduct, face significant punishment under federal law.”
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the Dallas (Texas) Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case.
DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY 18:2252A(a)(2)(A) AND (b)(1) AND 2256(8)(A)
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Outcome: Imprisonment of 180 months; ten years supervised release; $100 special assessment.
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