Ann Arbor, MI
A former assistant scoutmaster with Ann Arbor-area Boy Scouts has been placed on probation for possessing child pornography.
The investigation began in
2010 when co-workers believed Frank Bertram Jr. was using his computer
to get access to child pornography. He was a chemist for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
Charges were filed in
federal court last year but the case was eventually shifted to Washtenaw
County court. Police found evidence of child porn on Bertram's computer
in his Scio Township home.
AnnArbor.com (http://bit.ly/PNTkzO
) says the 67-year-old Bertram was sentenced to five years of probation
on July 18. He told the judge he's "very sorry." He's no longer
associated with the Great Sauk Trail Council of Boy Scouts in Ann Arbor.
Brunswick, GA
George McKee, 54, of Kingsland, Georgia has
been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised
release, for distributing child pornography.
According to evidence, McKee, who was
employed by a security services contractor at Naval Submarine Base,
Kings Bay, Georgia, engaged in sexually suggestive chats and distributed
child pornography online in late 2009. When a search warrant was
executed at his home in March 2011, authorities found child pornography
on his computer.
"The distribution of images depicting the
sexual abuse of innocent children is a heinous crime. This abuse
continued every time the Defendant electronically transferred the
despicable images to others. There is no higher priority within the
Department of Justice than the protection of our Nation's children.
There should be no doubt that the United States Attorney's Office will
prosecute those who facilitate the violent sexual assault of children,"
United States Attorney Edward J. Tarver stated in a press release.
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