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Dallas Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison
Following Child Pornography Conviction

United States Attorney Richard B. Roper announced that Parker Hampton Childers, who pled guilty in August to transporting and shipping child pornography, was sentenced today in Dallas by the Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn, United States District Judge. Judge Lynn sentenced Childers to 87 months in federal prison and ordered that he register as a sex offender. Childers, age 41, has been in custody since his arrest in May 2005.

In late April 2004, after identifying a number of targets involved in the production and distribution of child pornography, a Special Agent in the California Department of Justice assumed an informant’s online internet identity and began receiving communications from Parker Childers, who used the online name of “bighunger2000.” According to the affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, during their instant message communications which began in September 2004, Childers stated that he was totally committed to the “pedo” lifestyle, that he preferred boys, and that he had never had sexual intercourse with a female. Childers also stated that he was at work, was afraid to keep child pornography at home or work, and that he “really missed the stuff.” Childers discussed the possibility of the undercover Special Agent bringing his 13-month-old daughter to Dallas so that Childers could engage in sexual acts with the child. During their online communications in February 2005, Childers sent this undercover Special Agent seven images depicting minors engaged in sexual acts with adults, including prepubescent minors and depicting violence or sadistic conduct.

During their online conversations, “bighunger2000" gave the undercover Special Agent two phone numbers that the investigation confirmed belonged to Parker Hampton Childers of Dallas. Investigation into the username, “bighunger2000" showed that “bighunger2000" created the account under the name of Mr. Yadda Yadda of Dallas and that the IP address was assigned to Slingshot, an advertising agency located on Market Street, in Dallas, where Childers was employed.

“My office is fully committed to implementing every resource available to rid the scourge of child pornography in our region,” said U. S. Attorney Richard Roper. “ Citizens can aid law enforcement by remaining vigilant and reporting suspicious activity, especially over the internet. Together we can stop the senseless exploitation of children at the hands of those who find gratification in the most heinous of ways.”

“Under our Operation Predator national initiative, ICE is committed to safeguarding our nation’s youth from predators who seek to sexually exploit children through the Internet,” said John Chakwin, acting special agent-in-charge of the ICE Dallas office. Chakwin continued, “This investigation, and many others like it, should put child pornographers on notice that they are not anonymous. Anyone who produces, possesses or distributes child pornography is subject to our full range of investigative resources, and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Chakwin heads the ICE Office of Investigations which includes north Texas and the State of Oklahoma.

U.S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative efforts of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the California Department of Justice. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Aisha Saleem.

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