A 30-year old Greenbelt man was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison for ordering custom-made child pornography over the Internet.
Jonathan Clark was caught by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s undercover Internet operation in 2007, when he requested from investigators posing as porn distributors a custom-made video of two girls, ages 8 and 11, getting sexually assaulted. He also ordered a premade movie in which a 7-year-old girl was raped.
Law enforcement agents delivered the two DVDs to Clark’s parents’ residence, as requested. Agents then searched both Clark’s and his parents’ homes, uncovering more than 4,000 images and videos on Clark’s computer documenting the sexual abuse of children ranging from infants to 14-year-olds.
The case brought against Clark was a part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative started by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse nationwide.
– Violeta Ikonomova
