Virginia man pleads guilty to child pornography, firearms charges
Norfolk, Va – Neal Assad Sabra, 45, of Chesapeake, Va., pled guilty today in Norfolk federal court to two counts of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement agencies.
According to court documents, Sabra communicated via e-mail with an undercover federal officer located in New York and sent that officer numerous images of child pornography. On January 21, 2010, ICE agents executed search warrants at Sabra’s home and place of employment, and seized numerous computers and other electronic media. During the execution of the search warrant, forensic analysts previewed a thumb drive located on Sabra’s key chain and found four saved videos of child pornography.
A subsequent forensic analysis of all electronic media seized that day revealed that Sabra possessed over 300 images of child pornography and over 50 videos of child pornography.
Sabra will be sentenced on June 18, 2010, and faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine on each child pornography count, and a maximum of 10 years imprisonment on the gun count.
ICE investigated this case and was assisted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
This investigation is part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders, and child sex traffickers.
(Source: ICE)
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