Tacoma man arrested for production of child sexual abuse material

Tacoma – A 27-year-old Tacoma resident was charged by federal criminal complaint today with production of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Demitri Super will appear in U.S. District Court in Tacoma today. He is being detained at the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac pending further hearings.

According to records filed in the case, a foreign law enforcement organization contacted the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Computer Crimes Center about a Skype video showing the rape of an infant. HSI quickly worked to identify the person in the video and agents interviewed and arrested Super today. The victim child has been identified and the parents have been notified.

Production of child pornography is punishable by a mandatory minimum 15 years in prison and up to 30 years in prison.

The charges contained in the criminal complaint are only allegations. A person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) and the case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Hampton.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. 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.justice.gov/psc.