Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Douglas Lee Payne Jr. also pleaded guilty Monday to attempted enticement of a minor.
Chantilly-area resident Douglas Lee Payne Jr., of Penderview Terrace, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to producing child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor, according to the FBI. Payne, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography, which each carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 25 years and a maximum penalty of 50 years in prison, according to a news release from the FBI's Washington field office. The sentence was enhanced due to Payne's prior conviction in November 2008 of using a computer to solicit a minor in Fairfax County. Payne also pleaded guilty to a count of attempted enticement of a minor, which carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison. Sentencing is …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Robert Fenn, 27, of Herndon, is accused of receiving and possessing child pornography.
Criminal indictments are only charges and not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty. Robert Fenn, 27, of Herndon, a former teacher at Poplar Tree Elementary School, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of child pornography. Police said after Fenn's arrest in June that he worked at the school as a special education teacher for students in kindergarten through third grade. No school equipment or students at the school were involved, Fairfax County Police said at the time. Fenn was indicted on one count of receipt of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; and one count of possession of child …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Twenty arrests were made throughout Virginia.
Twenty people have been arrested in Virginia and 20 others elsewhere in an undercover investigation targeting online child predators and child pornographers, officials announced today. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli joined Maj. Ricky Gardner of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office and Col. Steve Flaherty of the Virginia State Police at a news conference to unveil the results of a collaborative undercover law enforcement effort. They said it was the first time that the Internet Crimes Against Children task force in Northern Virginia had teamed up with the ICAC task force in Southern Virginia, along with the attorney general’s office. Both task forces are comprised of dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The operation…
