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Lake Charles Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
According to a statement issued to the press by the Louisiana State Police, Shannon Ray Smithers, 32, of Lake Charles has been arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography. He was booked into the Calcasieu Parish Correctional Center for distribution of child pornography. Bond was set at $500,000.
On June 06, 2013, investigators with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations and the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations executed a search warrant at Smithers' Lake Charles residence. The warrant was the result of an ongoing Operation Child Watch investigation into the distribution of child pornography over the Internet.
While at the residence, investigators seized computers and electronic devices believed to have been used to download and distribute child pornography.
During questioning, Smithers admitted to investigators that he downloaded illegal child pornography images and that he would trade child pornography images with other unknown individuals. Smithers stated that he viewed and traded child pornography images of young females between the ages of ten and fifteen years of age.
If convicted, Smithers faces up to a $50,000 fine and from five to twenty years in prison without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
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