Rexburg man gets 12 years for distributing child pornography – East Idaho News

The next is a information launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace within the District of Idaho.

POCATELLO – A Rexburg man was sentenced to 144 months in federal jail for distribution of kid pornography.

In keeping with court docket information, in Could 2020, the residence of Daniel Gary Archibald, 45, was searched by detectives with the Idaho Web Crimes In opposition to Youngsters job pressure. The search was carried out at Archibald’s Rexburg residence after receiving data that he was chatting with a 14-year-old lady on-line. Through the search, regulation enforcement discovered a laptop computer and cellphone hidden beneath Archibald’s mattress.

Archibald had an lively Twitter account that was found throughout the search of his gadgets. Archibald distributed little one pornography movies by way of this Twitter account sharing hyperlinks to movies of kid pornography. In complete, Archibald distributed over 3,300 movies of kid pornography.

Senior U.S. District Decide B. Lynn Winmill additionally ordered Archibald to serve 10 years of supervised launch following his jail sentence. Archibald pleaded responsible to the fees on Feb. 15, 2022.

U.S. Lawyer Rafael M. Gonzalez Jr. of the District of Idaho made the announcement and counseled the cooperative efforts of the Idaho Web Crimes In opposition to Youngsters job pressure, Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) and the Idaho Falls Police Division, which led to costs.

This case was introduced as a part of Challenge Protected Childhood, a nationwide initiative to fight the rising epidemic of kid sexual exploitation and abuse launched in Could 2006 by the Division of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Places of work and CEOS, Challenge Protected Childhood marshals federal, state and native sources to higher find, apprehend and prosecute people who exploit youngsters by way of the Web, in addition to to determine and rescue victims. For extra details about Challenge Protected Childhood, please go to www.justice.gov/psc.