Former Teacher Sentenced for Possession
of Child Pornography
United States Attorney
Karen P. Hewitt announced that Eric Don Standefer was
sentenced today in federal court in San Diego by United
States District Court Judge Marilyn L. Huff to serve
70 months in custody based on Standefer’s conviction
for possession of child pornography. Judge Huff also
ordered that Standefer serve a five-year term of supervised
release following his release from prison and
required Standefer to register as a sex offender. Standefer,
a former music teacher as Jean Farb Middle
School in San Diego, pled guilty on November 27, 2007.
According
to court-filed documents, the investigation began
when the Federal Bureau of Investigation
learned that individuals were using the online currency “E-gold” to
purchase access to child pornography
websites. Standefer was identified as one of the
purchasers and was found to posses CD-Roms which
had
images of children engaged in sexually explicit activity.
Judge Huff order Standefer immediately
into custody to begin serving his sentence.
This case
stems from an investigation by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and assisted by the
San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force,
whose members include the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
the San Diego Police Department, the San Diego
County Sheriff’s Department, the Chula Vista
Police Department, the United States Attorney’s
Office, the
San Diego District Attorney’s Office, the United
States Postal Inspection Service, the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service, the United States Marshals
Service, the Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory,
the
Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and the El
Cajon Police Department.
This case is being brought
as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide
Department of Justice
initiative designed to protect children from online
exploitation and abuse. 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 identify and rescue
victims. For more information about Project Safe
Childhood,
please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
DEFENDANT Case Number:
06cr2674-H
Eric Don Standefer Age: 48
San Diego, California
SUMMARY OF CHARGE
Title 18, United States Code, Section and 2252(a)(4)(B)
(Possession of Child Pornography)
AGENCY
Federal Bureau of Investigation
