LARGO MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Tampa, FL - Today, U.S. Attorney A. Brian Albritton announced that
U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Scott Martin
Wiegand (age 43, of Largo) to 15 years and six months in federal
prison for receipt of child pornography. Wiegand had pleaded guilty on
October 21, 2008.
According to court documents, in January 2007, an undercover law
enforcement officer determined that Wiegand was offering child
pornography on a peer-to- peer computer network for others to
download. Officers executed a search warrant at Wiegand's home, at
which time Wiegand admitted to knowingly receiving child pornography
by downloading it from the internet to his computer and storing the
child pornography on his computer and on external storage devices,
including CDs, DVDs, and thumb drives. During the search, law
enforcement agents seized Wiegand's computer and storage devices.
Wiegand had more than 78 images and 64 videos of child pornography
containing actual child victims, including images of children under
the age of 12 engaging in a variety of sexual conduct.
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