Montgomery Twp. Man Gets 5 Years for Child Porn

Scott L. McQuirns Sr., 53, of the 100 block of Henning Drive, Montgomery Township, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

McQuirns will report to prison in April. The maximum McQuirns could have received was 10 years in prison, lifetime supervised release and a $250,00 fine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

According to a press release from Patricia Hartman of the U.S. Attorney's Office, McQuirns pleaded guilty on June 9, 2011.

Forsenic investigators found more than 600 images and videos of child pornography on McQuirn's hard drive, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The government's forensic examiner determind that there were at least 300 videos and 40,000 images, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Images depicted pre-pubescent individuals engaged in sexual intercourse, sadistic or masochistic conduct and bondage, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

U.S. District Court Judge Legrome D. Davis ordered McQuirns to five years supervised release, a $5,000 fine and a $100 special assessment.

The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Roberta Benjamin, according to the release.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, this case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.

Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

Learn more at http://www.projectsafechildhood.gov.