Tioga County Man Sentenced To 180 Months In Prison For Receipt Of Child Pornography

WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Young, age 43, of Elkland, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann to a term of 180 months of imprisonment for the receipt of child pornography.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Young pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography on March 26, 2024. Young was previously identified by the FBI in 2022 as participating in a website that engaged in the file sharing of child pornography. After his arrest in January 2022, Young was placed on supervised release pending trial. In July 2023, Young was found to have downloaded additional images of child pornography.

This case was by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Geoffrey W. MacArthur prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.

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