NEW ORLEANS MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - ARTURO MONTANIO, 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to fifty-one (51) months in prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, be required to register as a sex offender, provide a DNA sample, and is prohibited from using computers or the internet for his conviction for possession of child pornography, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten today.

On October 31, 2007, ARTURO MONTANIO entered a plea of guilty before U. S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to Possession of Child Pornography.   According to documents filed in federal court, FBI agents executed a federal search warrant on August 10, 2007, at the defendant’s uptown home located on Lowerline Street .  FBI agents seized a personal computer belonging to the defendant which contained approximately 200 images depicting the sexual victimization of children.  MONTANIO told FBI agents that he had been downloading child pornography from free websites for the past four years.

MONTANIO has been in the custody of the U. S. Marshal’s Service since his arrest on August 29, 2007.

The prosecution of this case is being handled by Project Safe Childhood Coordinator, Assistant U. S. Attorney Brian M. Klebba.