Rockville Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Child Pornography

A 59-year-old Rockville man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore said.

After the prison term, Kevin Miller must register as a sex offender and will have a lifetime of supervised release, according to the sentence handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Roger W. Titus.

Miller was sentenced Monday.

According to his plea agreement, on Dec. 2, 2016, someone was arrested in Washington state and charged with child pornography offenses, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The statement did not provide the name of the person arrested.

During a preliminary forensic examination of the person’s electronic devices and media, law enforcement agents discovered three images on a USB drive had geographic information connecting them to Maryland, and two of those to Miller’s home, the statement said.

One of the images depicted a girl who had just turned 10 when the picture was taken on April 9, 2016.

On Dec. 22, 2016, a trained child forensic interviewer met with the girl. During the interview, she disclosed that two nude images of her were taken in the basement of Miller’s home, the statement said.

That evening, Homeland Security agents searched Miller’s home and took electronic devices, including a laptop, the statement said. A forensic analysis revealed about 36 images of child pornography and child erotica that were still viewable, the statement said.

The forensic examiner also found remnants of additional files with names indicative of child pornography on both laptops, according to the statement.

On Feb. 24, 2017, law enforcement officers interviewed the person from Washington state. During that interview, the person disclosed that Miller and the person met online. The person said Miller sent the two nude images of the girl, as well as a third image of the girl and another victim clothed, to the Washington state resident, the statement said.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a Justice Department initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.justice.gov/psc and click on the “resources” tab on the left of the page.

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