United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida
10/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/02/2024 08:45
Tampa Man Indicted For Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material
Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Steven Dennis Mack (40, Tampa) with eight counts of receiving child sexual abuse material. If convicted, Mack faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison for each count. The indictment also notifies Mack that the United States intends to forfeit a cellphone and laptop, which are alleged to be used to commit the offense.
According to the indictment, on several days in June and December 2023, Mack knowingly received visual depictions of minors being sexually abused.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 340 at MacDill Air Force Base and the Tampa Police Department. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ross Roberts.
This is another case 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.justice.gov/psc.