Ethiopian News & Opinion Journal
  • HOME
  • CONTACT
  • FORUM
  • ADVERTISE
  • ALBUM
  • ARCHIVE

Int'l investigation leads to conviction of North Carolina man

ethiopianreview.com | November 25th, 2009

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (ICE) — A 61-year-old man was convicted today by a federal jury in the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division, of possession and receipt of child pornography following a joint U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Postal Inspection Service, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and Henderson County Sheriff's Office investigation.

Albert Charles Burgess, of Henderson, N.C., was charged in March 2009 with possession and receipt of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.

The charges represent the results of a local investigation which stemmed from Project Flicker, an international investigation into commercial child pornography Web sites.

According to the investigation and information offered during the trial, Burgess was suspected of paying money to join at least one of the Web sites. The evidence presented at trial showed that in March, 2008, law enforcement agencies executed a federal search warrant at Burgess' residence. At the time, he was a registered sex offender.

Agents found a computer and 327 CD's that contained images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children as young as five years old. In total, 891 videos and 4735 images of child pornography were found in Burgess' home.

Further, according to trial evidence and testimony, Burgess admitted to sending money overseas in order to receive child pornography over the Internet. Agents testified that Burgess stated that he viewed child pornography on a daily basis.

Burgess has been in federal custody since April 16, 2009, and will remain in federal custody pending sentencing. He faces a maximum statutory sentence of 40 years in prison.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Cortney Escaravage and Kimlani M. Ford.

This investigation was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to identify, investigate and arrest those who prey on children, including human traffickers, international sex tourists, Internet pornographers, and foreign-national predators whose crimes make them deportable. Launched in July 2003, ICE agents have arrested almost 12,000 individuals through Operation Predator.

ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-347-2423. This hotline is staffed around the clock by investigators.

Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http://www.cybertipline.com.

Related Posts

  1. Portland man gets 10 years for child pornography conviction
  2. Louisiana man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
  3. Colorado man gets 10 year prison sentence for coercion of minor
  4. North Carolina Technology Association: IT recovery still on hold
  5. A Regulated and Taxed Video Gaming Industry Could Generate 6,000 New Jobs Across North Carolina
  6. Dell To Close North Carolina Desktop Plant
  7. Wake Forest University’s back on top to the annual North Carolina Bar Exam
  8. John L. Atkins, III Named Chairman of Board of Directors of the North Carolina Railroad Company
  9. Bank of America's purchase of Merrill under investigation
  10. North Carolina Apple Festival in Hendersonville NC gets underway

Email This Post Email This Post | Add a comment Write a Comment



Leave a Comment

To write your comment in Amharic or download Amharic fonts click here. አስተያየትዎን በአማርኛ ለመጻፍ እዚህ ይጫኑ:: ጽፈው ከጨረሱ በኋላ የጻፉትን ኮፒ አድርገው ወደዚህ ተመልሰው አስተያየት መስጫ ቦክስ ውስጥ ፔስት ያድርጉ:: ወይም ከዚህ በታች ያለውን በመጫን መልእክትዎትን በድምጽ መቅዳት ይችላሉ::











Recent Posts
  • IRAN: Opposition leader Mousavi offers narrative to fateful Persian calendar year 1388
  • LEBANON: Professor condemned for scholarly work with Israeli counterparts
  • EGYPT: Mubarak names new Al Azhar top cleric
  • IRAN: Europeans call for action against Islamic Republic for jamming of international satellites
  • EGYPT: Moderates and conservatives battling over IslamOnline
  • LEBANON: World’s richest man happy to be in Lebanon, not shelling out
  • ISRAEL: Activists urge musicians not to perform in Israel
  • IRAN: Explosions and heavy security amid celebrations of ancient fire festival
  • LEBANON: Experts argue against ‘clash of civilizations’ at university forum
  • EGYPT: Hosni Mubarak hospitalized after gallbladder surgery, rattling investors
  • MOROCCO: Christians deported, accused of proselytizing to orphaned children
  • IRAN: Opposition leader Mousavi calls upcoming year one of ‘patience and endurance’
  • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Skype plans to open Persian Gulf office in effort to tackle ban
  • MIDDLE EAST: Iran and Arab countries “enemies of the Internet,” says report
  • DUBAI: Questions continue to surround alleged Mossad killing of Hamas operative
  • ISRAEL: Al Jazeera jolts Israel with unseen footage of Israeli POWs
  • IRAN: Opposition leader’s wife Zahra Rahnavard implicitly calls for peaceful protests during fire festival
  • EGYPT: 24 injured in Muslim-Christian clashes in coastal city
  • EGYPT: Moderate cleric the front-runner in race to take over powerful Sunni Muslim post
  • DUBAI: Police chief gives spies one week to leave Gulf region


©2010 Ethiopian Review
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Elias Kifle
Powered by WordPress