Rock Rapids Man Charged With Child Pornography Offenses
Date posted - September 18, 2012
Sioux City, Iowa –A Rock Rapids man has been charged with federal child pornography offenses and faces between five and ninety years in prison and a fine of over a million dollars if he’s convicted.
The US Attorney’s Office in Sioux City reports that 26-year-old Lennon Slade of Rock Rapids has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed September 11, in United States District Court in Sioux City.
The Indictment alleges that, between 2010 and 2011, Slade distributed, received, and possessed child pornography. The Indictment also alleges that, in October 2011, he altered, destroyed, mutilated, and concealed evidence with the intent to impede, obstruct, and influence the investigation of crimes.
If convicted on all charges, Slade faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years and a possible maximum sentence of 90 years in prison. He also faces $1.5 million in fines, $600 in special assessments, and at least 5 years and up to life on supervised release following any prison sentence.
Slade appeared on September 11th in federal court in Sioux City and was released on bond. Slade’s next appearance for trial is set for November 5, 2012.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States 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.usdoj.gov/psc. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR 12-4080.
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hope this puke rots in prison
Oh my. I used to work for his parents at their drive inn in Luverne MN. Such nice people. Their hearts are breaking, I’m sure. This boy had a tough childhood fighting cancer when he was very young. Not sure how in the world he got into this type of crap. I pray for his victims and hope justice is served.
“that guy” described him well, no matter what he went through years prior.
There were NO victims, he never touched anyone and they were teenagers putting themselves on the web. He also lost his mother at the age of 10. So, look into your own family’s sordid past and figure out if any of them just never got caught before you think you can sweep anybody elses’ doorstep off!!!!!!