ALASKA
A jury found Greg Alan Salard, 54, of Wrangell, Alaska, guilty after a six-day trial of distributing and receiving child pornography, officials announced today.
Salard is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 9, officials said.
According to evidence, during an FBI investigation of a child pornography site, they found an IP address linked to Salard that was used to share child-porn files, officials said.
The evidence also showed that a laptop computer subsequently seized from Salard’s home contained the same child-porn, peer-to-peer software used to share the video, authorities said.
Testimony regarding a forensic examination of the laptop showed that the computer contained a child pornography video as well as evidence of hundreds of other files with names indicative of child pornography; the jury reviewed the contents of 11 of those files.
The testimony also showed that multiple searches had been run on the laptop for a term associated with child pornography, and that videos of child pornography had been viewed on the computer.
Finally, the evidence introduced at trial revealed that a program designed to erase or “wipe” computer files had been used multiple times, including on the morning the search warrant was executed, officials said.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, according to officials.