Odenton, Maryland Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Receiving 90,000 Images and 3,000 Videos of Child Pornography

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Choose Ellen L. Hollander as we speak sentenced Armando Ramirez, Jr., age 50, of Odenton, Maryland, to 6 years in federal jail, adopted by 10 years of supervised launch, for receipt of kid pornography.  Choose Hollander additionally ordered that, upon his launch from jail, Ramirez should register as a intercourse offender within the locations the place he resides, the place he’s an worker, and the place he’s a scholar, below the Intercourse Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). 

The sentence was introduced by United States Lawyer for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Anne and HSI Baltimore Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal E. Awad; and Appearing Particular Agent in Cost Selwyn Smith of Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) Baltimore.

In keeping with his responsible plea, between March 19, 2020, and March 28, 2020, legislation enforcement noticed Ramirez’s dwelling IP handle entry a number of recordsdata of kid pornography together with a 1 minute and 37 second video depicting a unadorned prepubescent feminine engaged in oral intercourse with an grownup male.

Moreover, on March 21, 2020, utilizing the identical IP handle, Ramirez requested a 48 second video of an grownup sexually assaulting a prepubescent feminine in her sleep.

As said in his plea settlement, on August 20, 2020, investigators executed a search warrant at Ramirez’s residence the place a number of gadgets have been seized together with a USB onerous drive, two laptops, 1GB USB flash drive, and a 500GB USB onerous drive.  In the course of the forensic evaluate of the digital gadgets, legislation enforcement situated 90,000 pictures and three,000 movies, and 42 recordsdata of kid pornography.  A number of the pictures and movies depicted the sexual abuse of toddlers.

This case was introduced as a part of Mission Secure Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in Could 2006 by the Division of Justice to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse.  Led by the USA Lawyer’s Workplaces and the Legal Division’s Youngster Exploitation and Obscenity Part, Mission Secure Childhood marshals federal, state, and native sources to find, apprehend, and prosecute people who sexually exploit youngsters, and to establish and rescue victims.  For extra details about Mission Secure Childhood, please go to www.justice.gov/psc.  For extra details about Web security training, please go to www.justice.gov/psc and click on on the “Sources” tab on the left of the web page.         

United States Lawyer Erek L. Barron counseled HSI, and the Anne Arundel Police Division for his or her work within the investigation.  Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Adam Okay. Ake, who prosecuted the federal case.

For extra data on the Maryland U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace, its priorities, and sources out there to assist the group, please go to www.justice.gov/usao-md/project-safe-childhood and https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/community-outreach.

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