United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009
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YOUNG COUNTY MAN ADMITS POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Dennis Wade Kee, 38, of Olney, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Wichita Falls to one count of possessing child pornography, acknowledging that he had used the Internet to download and possess images of minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Kee faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release. A sentencing date has not been set.

According to documents filed in court, Kee admitted that in October 2008, when U.S. Secret Service agents visited his residence based on a lead they had received, they found child pornography on his computer. Kee admitted that he had obtained child pornography from the Internet and had allowed others to access this child pornography via the Internet using peer-to-peer software.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), 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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov

The case is being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, with assistance from the Longview, Texas, Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex C. Lewis of the Fort Worth U.S. Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case.

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