Marvin D. Bridges, 37 of Gainesville, GA, was found guilty of receiving and possessing child pornography - after only 30 minutes of deliberation in a federal trial. Bridges now faces 5 to 30 years in prison, for his crimes.
Marvin Bridges was arrested, following a joint investigation in September '07, where federal and Georgia state authorities found thousands of sexually explicit images of children on his home computer. Many emails were retrieved, which confirmed Bridges' association with several notorious international child pornography web sites, currently on the watch-list of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
Marvin Bridges is set to be sentenced December 19, 2008, by U.S. District Judge William C. O'Kelley.
"This case is a shining example of the value of coordinated, nationwide investigations," said U.S. Attorney David Nahmias. "This defendant’s illegal purchases of images of children being sexually exploited were identified during the prosecution of a global online purveyor of child pornography." Special Agent Kenneth Smith, of the Atlanta office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, further noted that his agency "will continue aggressively pursuing predators who think that they can hide behind the anonymity of cyberspace."
Friday, October 10, 2008
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