It’s not often that a person feels so badly about something that they request to be arrested for their indiscretions, but that’s exactly what happened recently. A man walked into his local police station and told the officers he needed to go to jail for downloading sexually explicit images of children from the dark web. He allowed officers to look through his phone, where they found two images. The man was arrested and charged with two counts of Possession of Child Porn. He posted bond and is awaiting his next court date.
Weld County Possession of Child Porn Lawyer: Definition of Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Morgan and Logan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Sexual Exploitation of a Child, as it applies to the case above – C.R.S. 18-6-403(3)(b.5) – is:
(b.5) Possesses or controls any sexually exploitative material for any purpose; except that this subsection (3)(b.5) does not apply to law enforcement personnel, defense counsel personnel, or court personnel in the performance of their official duties, nor does it apply to physicians, psychologists, therapists, or social workers, so long as such persons are licensed in the state of Colorado and the persons possess such materials in the course of a bona fide treatment or evaluation program at the treatment or evaluation site
Because the man had downloaded the sexually exploitative images onto his phone, he would be facing the subsection above, related to possession.
Sentence for Possession of Child Porn in Johnstown and Berthoud
For a first offense of Possession of Child Porn and as long as there were fewer than 20 images or movies, then it is charged as a class 5 felony. If, however, there are more than 20 images or it is a second or subsequent offense, it is a class 4 felony. A class 5 felony is punishable by 1 to 3 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and the class 4 felony is punishable by 2 to 6 years.