CONTACT: Barbara Burns

PHONE: (716) 843-5817

FAX #: (716) 551-3051

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jordan Dunn, 26, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Rossi, who is handling the case, stated that on September 18, 2019, members of the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force executed a search warrant at the defendant’s home in Rochester following a tip from a social media company. The tip indicated that an account holder had uploaded an image of child pornography using the company’s messaging application. The child pornography was subsequently traced to Dunn’s apartment in Rochester. A computer and phone belonging to the defendant were seized and found to contain multiple images and videos of child pornography. 

The plea is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Child Exploitation Task Force, under the direction of Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Robert Guyton.

Sentencing is scheduled for September 30, 2020, before Judge Wolford.  

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CONTACT: Barbara Burns

PHONE: (716) 843-5817

FAX #: (716) 551-3051

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Wehs and Jordan Dunn, both 25, and both of Rochester, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with the receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Rossi, who is handling the case, stated that the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force received a cyber tip from an online social media company indicating that an account holder had uploaded an image of child pornography using the company’s messaging application. Investigators traced the child pornography to an apartment Wehs and Dunn share in Rochester. On September 18, 2019, investigators executed a search warrant at the residence. Computers belonging to the defendants were seized. A review of the computers revealed multiple images and videos of child pornography. 

Subsequent investigation determined that both Wehs and Dunn worked with children, including disabled children, at various organizations in the Rochester area. 

Members of the public who have information related to this case are asked to call the FBI’s Rochester Office at 585-546-2220.

The defendants made an initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan W. Feldman and were released under supervision. 

The criminal complaint is the result of an investigation by the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert; Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Kevin Kelly; the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief La’Ron Singletary; the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, under the direction of Sheriff Todd Baxter; the Greece Police Department, under the direction of Chief Patrick Phelan; the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, under the direction of Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty; and the Ontario County Sheriff's Office, under the direction of Sheriff Kevin M. Henderson.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.  

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