From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — A Birmingham man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on child porn charges.
A five-count indictment filed in the U.S. District Court charges David Drake, 19, with advertising child pornography on the internet and selling those images and videos on the internet. Drake is charged with one count of advertisement of child pornography and two counts of sale of child pornography. Drake is also charged with two counts of possession of child pornography.
U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town said investigators are working hard to protect the public from online predators.
“Our law enforcement will continue to vigilantly monitor the internet using all available resources available to uncover child exploitation and abuse,” U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town said. “These predators need to know that they will be arrested, prosecuted and, once convicted, sentenced to time in a federal prison where there is no possibility for parole.”
Court documents state the incident happened on or around Sept. 26 and involved the display or dissemination of “video depicting male child under the age of 12 performing sodomy on another male child under the age of 12”.
Drake was arrested in October 2018.
The maximum penalty for advertisement of child pornography is 30 years in prison.
The maximum penalty for the sale of child pornography is 20 years in prison.
The maximum penalty for possession of child pornography is 20 years in prison since the collection of images and videos include children under the age of 12 years.
FBI Birmingham Division Child Exploitation Task Force along with ALEA investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Leann White is prosecuting the case.
Drake is only charged and has not been found guilty of any crime.