FLORIDA
Dr. David Edward Nowak, 42, of Delray Beach, Florida, was sentenced to prison on federal child pornography charges, officials announced Thursday.
Dr. Nowak previously pled guilty to receipt of child pornography.
On September 17, 2019, U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman sentenced Dr. Nowak to 9 years in prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release.
Dr. Nowak was also ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution to the victims.
According to court records, from 2015 through 2019, Nowak accessed peer-to-peer networks to obtain images and videos of child pornography. Those images and videos included pre-pubescent children engaged in forced sexual acts.
DOJ NOTED:
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 U.S. 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.
U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan commended the investigative efforts of the FBI in this matter. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Schiller.