ELKINS MAN SENTENCED TO 56 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Fayetteville, Arkansas – Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that George Hagadone, age 52, of Elkins, was sentenced yesterday to 56 months in federal prison followed by a 10 years of supervised release on one count of Receipt of Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.

According to court records, beginning in June 2016, Homeland Security Investigations (H.S.I.) identified a computer uploading videos depicting child pornography. During the course of the investigation the LP address associated with that computer came back to the residence of George Hagadone, located in Elkins, which is located in the Fayetteville Division, Western District of Arkansas.

On January 12, 2017, H.S.I. executed a search warrant of Hagadone's residence where a computer containing child pornography was seized. Special Agents with H.S.I. interviewed Hagadone who admitted to downloading and possessing child pornography.

Hagadone was pled guilty to a one-count Information on March 31, 2017.

This case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant United States Attorney Denis Dean prosecuted the case for the United States.

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