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U.S. Department
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
MEDIA INQUIRIES: KATHY COLVIN |
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
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DALLAS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO Defendant Faces Up to 40 Years in Federal Prison DALLAS — Terry Berry, 47, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renée Harris Toliver to two counts of shipping and transporting child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Berry has been in custody since his arrest on August 22, 2011. For each count, Berry faces a maximum statutory sentence of not less than five or more than 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release. He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay on January 30, 2012. According to documents filed in the case, Berry admitted using the Internet and peer-to-peer file sharing software to receive and share child pornography. In fact, Berry shared and transmitted child pornography to undercover law enforcement agents in New York and Florida. In mid-June 2011, FBI agents executed a search warrant at Berry’s residence on Southwestern Blvd. in Dallas and seized a computer and related storage media. Berry admitted that he transported and possessed images and videos of child pornography that included bondage and other sadistic acts involving minors, and that he possessed images involving prepubescent minors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa J. Miller is in charge of the prosecution. |