Score:   1
Docket Number:   SD-WV  5:19-cr-00147
Case Name:   United States of America v. Wallace
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BECKLEY, W.Va. –  United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that two different Project Safe Childhood (PSC) defendants were sentenced to federal prison today for child pornography offenses. 

“Wallace and Blake will be in federal prison for many years because of their heinous crimes,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  “Protecting West Virginia children is a top priority for me and my office.  We continue to hold PSC defendants accountable by prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law.”

Charles Larry Wallace, Jr., 47, of Coal City, West Virginia, was sentenced to serve 262 months (21 years, 10 months) in federal prison for producing child pornography.  Upon release from prison, Wallace will be required to serve a lifetime term of supervised release and register as sex offender. Wallace previously admitted that on January 5, 2019, he took several sexually explicit images of a child under the age of 12 who was in his care at the time. Wallace distributed those images to at least one other individual.

Gordon Blake, 62, of Beckley, West Virginia, was sentenced to serve 14 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. Upon release from prison, Blake will be required to serve a term of 20 years of supervised release and register as sex offender. Blake previously admitted that on July 21, 2018, he possessed over 600 images of child pornography, many of which depicted prepubescent minors and some of which depicted sadistic conduct. Blake also has previous Pennsylvania convictions from 1997 related to the sexual assault of two minors under the age of 12.

The investigations were conducted by the West Virginia States Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Rada Herrald is in charge of the prosecutions.  United States District Judge Frank W. Volk presided over both sentencing hearings.

These cases were prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative of the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s 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 those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

 

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Coal City man pled guilty to a child pornography offense,  announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  Charles Larry Wallace, Jr., pled guilty to production of images of child pornography.  

“These cases are some of the most painful and emotional cases for my office to handle,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  “Adults are supposed to protect children, not exploit them.  A violation of the solemn responsibility to protect our children is something that can’t be forgotten or forgiven.”

Wallace admitted that on January 5, 2019, he used a cell phone to take several sexually explicit photographs of a prepubescent minor who was in his care at the time.  Wallace then backed the photographs up to his Google Photos account and sent them to another individual via the Internet.

Wallace faces up at least 15 and up to 30 years in prison when sentenced on February 6, 2020.

The West Virginia State Police Crimes Against Children Unit and the Beckley Police Department conducted the investigation.   United States District Judge Irene C. Berger presided over the hearing.  Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Rada Herrald is handling the prosecution.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative of the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s 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 those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

 

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Docket (0 Docs):   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11UEaWhJ5CmaI5ySxb5JPkVS_jAiMwzMsid_2WrDn54k
  Last Updated: 2023-10-12 10:02:00 UTC
Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
Format: YYYY

Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
Format: A7

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
Format: N5

Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
Format: A2

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
Format: A18

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
Format: A15

Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the fugitive status of a defendant
Format: A1

Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which proceedings in a case commenced on charges pending in the district court where the defendant appeared, or the date of the defendant’s felony-waiver of indictment
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
Format: N2

Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
Format: N2

Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE1
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
Format: A3

Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
Format: A5

Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the case was closed
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
Format: N8

Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period excluding long term fugitives
Format: N1

Description: The source from which the data were loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: A10

Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
Format: N2

Description: The date the record was loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: Statistical year ID label on data file obtained from the AOUSC which represents termination year
Format: YYYY

Data imported from FJC Integrated Database
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