ALBANY, NEW YORK – Terry L. Shellenberger, age 50, of Albany, was sentenced today to 129 months in prison for child pornography possession, and an additional 10 months in prison for supervised release violations, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.

Senior United States District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn also imposed a 25-year term of supervised release, to begin once Shellenberger is released from prison.  Shellenberger must also register as a sex offender.

In pleading guilty, Shellenberger admitted that on July 21, 2018, while on supervised release for a prior federal felony, he was in possession of a phone that he used to download child pornography videos from the internet.  Shellenberger had not previously informed Probation Officers that he had the phone, as he was required to do.  Probation Officers found it during an unannounced home visit. 

Shellenberger has prior federal convictions for child pornography possession (2006) and failure to register as a sex offender (2017). 

This case was investigated by the United States Probation Office for the Northern District of New York, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood.  Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), 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 to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Terry L. Shellenberger, age 50, of Albany, pled guilty today to child pornography possession, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.

Shellenberger admitted that on July 21, 2018, while on supervised release for a prior federal felony conviction, he was in possession of a phone that he used to download child pornography videos from the internet.  Shellenberger had not previously informed Probation Officers that he had the phone, as he was required to do.  Probation Officers found it during an unannounced home visit. 

Shellenberger has prior federal convictions for child pornography possession (2006) and failure to register as a sex offender (2017). 

Shellenberger, who is in custody, faces at least 10 years and up to 20 years in prison, as well as a term of post-imprisonment supervised release of at least 5 years and up to life, when he is sentenced on September 4, 2019 by Senior United States District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn.  A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

This case was investigated by the United States Probation Office for the Northern District of New York, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.

This case is being prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood.  Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), 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 to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Terry L. Shellenberger, age 48, of Albany, was sentenced today to 10 months in jail, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for failing to update his sex offender registration.

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and United States Marshal David L. McNulty.

Shellenberger is a sex offender. In 2006, he was convicted, in federal court, of child pornography possession. Since his release from prison in 2012, he has been required by federal and state law to notify the New York State Sex Offender Registry about any change in his residential address. As part of his May 23, 2017 guilty plea, Shellenberger admitted that he failed to disclose to the registry that for several months in 2017, he had been residing at a motel in the city of Albany.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Probation Office, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett.