David Grummer of San Diego, was convicted by a federal jury in the Southern District of California on 18 counts of receipt of child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography.
The case originated from a joint investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the FBI into the illegal sale of chlordane and DDT on the Internet. Grummer, who was employed at a hazardous waste recycling facility, was selling banned chemicals on the Internet. Following an EPA/FBI search warrant of his residence in Oceanside, California, forensic examiners discovered child pornography on one of the computer hard drives seized. The FBI Cyber Squad then conducted an investigation that led to a second search warrant of the residence and the discovery of hundreds of images of child pornography on five separate hard drives. Further forensic analysis revealed Grummer utilized file share programs to search for and download images depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
Grummer faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and up to a maximum term of 20 years in prison for each of the charges of receipt of child pornography and a maximum term of 10 years in prison for each of the possession of child pornography charges. He also faces a maximum fine of $250,000, and a mandatory minimum of five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release. Grummer has been detained since his Dec. 5, 2008, arrest.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched by the Uniyed States Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section , Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
The case was investigated by the EPA and the FBI, with the assistance from the Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory (RCFL). Additional computer forensic support was provided by CEOS’ High Technology Investigative Unit.
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