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Carson City man gets 10 years prison time on child porn charges
12:35 Apr 27 2015 Carson City, Nevada, United States of America
Description
A 30-year-old man from Carson City was sentenced to 10 years in prison on child pornography charges, he was found in possession of 6,000 images and 20 videos of child pornography, including child rape.News Source Link
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/carson-city-man-gets-10-years-prison-time-child-porn-chargeshttp://www.fbi.gov/lasvegas/press-releases/2015/carson-city-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-possessing-and-distributing-images-and-videos-of-child-pornography-and-rape
Additional Data
| Name of Source (ex. Las Vegas Review Journal): | Las Vegas Review Journal |
| Date of Incident: | 10-2013 |
| Type of Trafficking: | Sex Trafficking |
| Number of Survivors Involved: | 20 |
| Incident Details: | Hamrick, who worked as a locksmith in Carson City, was arrested while driving his car after federal agents obtained an arrest warrant. Law enforcement officers recovered another cellphone that Hamrick had activated only a few hours after his home was searched. Several more images of child pornography were recovered from the new phone. The images and videos included depictions of child rape, bestiality, sadistic or masochistic conduct, and bondage-related activities with both young boys and girls, the release said |
| How was this incident exposed?: | An undercover FBI agent posing as a woman interested in depictions of incest chatted with Hamrick online in Oct. 2013. Hamrick provided the undercover agent with instructions on how to teach their fictional 6-year-old niece to engage in sexual activity, the release said. During the chat sessions, Hamrick emailed about 10 images of child pornography to the undercover agent. In March 2014, a federal search warrant led to the discovery of two cellphones found to contain approximately 6,000 images and 20 videos of child pornography. |
| Name the Law Enforcement Entity Involved and Include their Jurisdiction: | The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Carla Higginbotham. It was investigated by the FBI, Nevada Attorney General’s Office, and Northern Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. |
| Trafficker Description (Name, Age, Sex, and Previous Involvement in Trafficking): | Name: Andrew Wayne Hamrick Age: 30 Sex: Male |
| Describe the current status of the case & include date: | He pleaded guilty July 28, 2014 to one count of distribution of child pornography and another count of receipt of child pornography. When his prison sentence is complete, Hamrick will face lifetime supervision, and he was ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution to various victims. |
| Submitted to Incident Map by (Name or ID Number): | M.VA. |
| Date Submitted to Incident Map: | Apr 27 2015 |
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