Monday, March 14, 2011

Two guilty pleas in separate child pornography cases

On Wednesday, James Eddy, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of child pornography.

Eddy was arrested in January, after being caught filming women at a Chesapeake tanning salon. When officers searched his home, they discovered multiple images of child pornography on his computer.

According to Eddy the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia, Eddy faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on June 9.

Also on Wednesday, former Navy corpsman, Jakob Benjamin Lee, 25, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of distribution of child pornography.

The FBI began investigating Lee when he began sharing pornographic images of children over the internet with another man, who turned out to be a federal investigator. According to court documents, Lee sent out more than 400 such images.

Lee told the undercover agent that he had been carrying-on a sexual relationship with a boy every weekend and boasted about having sex with some 25 boys.

Lee’s IP address was traced to a computer in his Norfolk apartment. He was arrested on December 22, 2010, after FBI agent John Moughan raided Lee’s home.

According to the affidavit, Lee readily admitted to having child pornography on his computer.

Lee has also admitted to molesting a 9-year-old boy in Reading, Calif., that investigation is ongoing.

Lee of Norfolk faces between 5 and 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on September 12.

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