LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Five Las Vegas men pleaded guilty in federal court to child sexual abuse material charges and are accused of distributing it on peer-to-peer networks and other websites, the Department of Justice says.
The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada said the cases involve the sharing of large quantities of child sexual abuse material over the internet.
The men who pleaded guilty, according to authorities, are:
- Andrew Padilla pleaded guilty on June 1
- Jimmy Franklin Dearman pleaded guilty on June 1
- James Donovan pleaded guilty on June 5
- Randall William Rushton pleaded guilty on June 5
- Travis Ehlers pleaded guilty on June 5
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“The relentless pursuit of child sex predators is one of the FBI’s top priorities,” said Special Agent in Charge Christopher S. Delzotto for the FBI Las Vegas Field Office. “Victimization and abuse of our most vulnerable, our community’s innocent children, is unacceptable. Through initiatives such as Project Safe Childhood, we are committed to identifying, investigating, and bringing to justice anyone who violates federal laws designed to protect our children.”
Prosecutors said the statutory maximum penalty is 20 years for the distribution of child pornography and 20 years for the possession of child pornography.
Sentencing dates were not yet included in the DOJ’s press release.
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