Greensboro Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge

GREENSBORO, N.C. – An individual who pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography was sentenced today, announced Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.

DANTRE DAVIS, 28, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on June 5, 2017, to one count of receipt of child pornography occurring from February 2016 to April 2016. He was sentenced by United States District Judge Loretta C. Biggs to 72 months imprisonment followed by 15 years supervised release. DAVIS was also ordered to forfeit a laptop computer and two external storage drives containing child pornography.

Investigators searched DAVIS’ home on April 5, 2016, after observing child pornography being shared online from DAVIS’ IP address. They found thousands of images and videos of child pornography on the computer and storage devices in DAVIS’ home. At the time, Davis was a licensed physician assistant in North Carolina.

The investigation was led by the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the North Carolina Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.

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.

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