United States Attorney Richard B. Roper
Northern District of Texas

LUBBOCK MAN SENTENCED TO 151 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONVICTION

LUBBOCK, Texas — George John Maslovar was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 151 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper. Maslovar, 54, pled guilty in September to one count of interstate receipt of child pornography. Judge Cummings also ordered that he register as a sex offender and serve a lifetime of supervised release. Maslovar was ordered to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on January 25, 2008.

Maslovar was arrested in June on charges outlined in a federal criminal complaint that was filed after he was interviewed by FBI agents. He appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge and was released on bond. He was indicted the following month and charged in a six-count federal indictment with receipt of child pornography, receipt of child obscenity and possession of child pornography.

According to documents filed in Court, Maslovar admits that for several years, while residing in Lubbock, he collected and traded images and videos of child pornography, using his computer to access the Internet to conduct the transactions. Although Maslovar regularly accessed various free Internet sites that contained child pornography, including "pre-teen" sites, the most common place Maslovar accessed to obtain images and videos of child pornography was a chat room called "Incest Taboo."

Maslovar used the links accessed through "Incest Taboo" to obtain both adult and child pornography from the Internet. Maslovar traded images and videos of adult and child pornography through his e-mail account. Over the years, Maslovar would often delete images off his computer because he was afraid he would get caught with the illegal videos and images.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov

U.S. Attorney Roper commended the investigative efforts of the Lubbock Office of the FBI and the Lubbock Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven M. Sucsy of the Lubbock, Texas, U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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