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Date: 05-05-2022
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Case Number: 3:20-cr-00026-KAC-DCP
Judge: Katherine A Crytzer
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Knox County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney: Doug Trant and Julia Trant
Description: Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with knowingly possessing and distributing child pornography.
Bradley Todd Dixon, age 37, admitted that he distributed child pornography to others in 2016 and in 2020, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2522A(a)(2)(B), and possessed child pornography in 2018, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B). Forensic analyses of Dixon’s computer devices pursuant to federal search warrants uncovered images and videos and other evidence linking Dixon to the distribution of child pornography.
The case was jointly investigated by the Knoxville Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. Morris represented the United States.
18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A) - Did knowingly distribute in interstate and foreign commerce child pornography that had been transported in interstate and foreign commerce by any means, including by computer.
(1s)
18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B) - Did knowingly possess material which contained an image of child pornography that involved a prepubescent minor and minor who had not attained 12 years of age, and which had been transported in interstate and foreign commerce by any means, including by computer.
(2s)
18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A) - Did knowingly distribute in interstate and foreign commerce child pornography that had been transported in interstate and foreign commerce by any means, including by computer.
(3s)
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 109 months, this sentence consists of 109 months as to each of Counts 1, 2, and 3 of the Superseding Information, all such terms to be served concurrently; a term of supervised release of 15 years, this term consists of 15 years as to each of Counts 1, 2, and 3 of the Superseding Indictment, to be served concurrently; a special assessment $300.00
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