Duston J. Slinkard Acting United States Attorney for the District of Kansas | Department of Justice
Duston J. Slinkard Acting United States Attorney for the District of Kansas | Department of Justice
A man from El Dorado, Kansas, has been sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing child sexual abuse materials. David M. Follett, 38, admitted to sharing child pornography with others through a peer-to-peer filesharing network. One of the recipients was an agent from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which led authorities to obtain and execute a search warrant at Follett’s residence. There, agents discovered evidence of child pornography on his laptop.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and HSI. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hart.
“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 in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, 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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.”
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