Local resident found guilty in child pornography case
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Grand Prairie resident Kevin D. Moore of possessing and transporting child pornography.
Richard Roper, U. S. Attorney of the Northern District of Texas, in announcing the verdict said Moore is currently in custody awaiting sentencing by U. S. District Judge Reed O’Connor on June 17. Moore faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, $50,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release, Roper said
Moore was arrested in September 2005 while traveling on business to Ottawa, Canada. During a routine customs check a total of thirteen files containing child pornography along with evidences eliminating software was found on a laptop computer Moore had in his possession. Later, Moore’s family gave to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials a computer disk belonging to Moore that contained child pornography.
Moore’s case was part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U. S. Attorneys Offices, the project uses U. S. Marshals, federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims.
U. S. Attorney Roper commended the investigative efforts of the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and said Assistant U. S. Attorneys Aisha Saleem and Alex Lewis prosecuted the case.
