Man gets 40-month prison term for making, sharing child porn
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A man convicted of both making and sharing child pornography was sentenced to 40 months in a Washington state prison on Nov. 28, Vancouver police said on Tuesday.
Police said Joseph T Schesso, 35, of Vancouver, was sentenced after pleading guilty to attempted child molestation in the first degree, a felony sex crime.
The sentencing was "the culmination of an investigation that began in the fall of 2009," when police said they discovered photos and videos of children being sexually exploited were obtained from an IP address that returned to Schesso's then-residence in Vancouver.
Police said the case involved the Vancouver Police/Clark County Sheriff's Office Digital Evidence Cybercrimes Unit (DECU) and several photos were discovered that depicted Schesso sexually abusing a "known juvenile female."
Schesso first came to the attention of authorities when investigators in Germany discovered someone in the U.S. distributing child pornography through a file-sharing program.
The information was passed from German law enforcement to investigators with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who traced the computer’s Internet protocol address to Schesso’s home.
Schesso, 35, will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life after his prison term, police said.
Police described the DECU unit as a 9 person team "comprised of detectives and computer forensic examiners whose responsibilities include investigating a variety of cyber-related crimes that involve children, including crimes related to depictions of images of children being sexually exploited."
"To date, DECU has investigated 95 such complaints this year, and has served about 2 dozen search warrants related to child being sexually exploited, all within Clark County," police said in a press release.
Should just shoot him in the head.
Ruins a childs life (or childrens lives) and only gets 40 months? Are the sentencing rules so lax that sexual predators can get such light sentences? I'm guessing he'll spend those 40 months planning for his next production, and learning how to not get caught. There is no remorse here, and there is no rehabilitation for people like this. He is only 35, he can look forward to a long life of living out his sick fantasies. What is wrong with our courts?
Disgusting! 40 months hardly seems long enough. But, I've come to realize that we really don't give a crap about the abuse of children. It's apparent day in and day out. I've seen people do longer sentences for stealing cars, robbing banks, and evading taxes.
Just hoping karma gets him when the guards aren't paying "too close" attention. Sicko
40 months? What kind of lawyer can sleep at night feeling like justice was done here? Apparently not his. Wow.
Instead of lifetime sex offender registration after he gets out, why cant they do something like Brad Pitt did in the movie Inglourious Basterds?...
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These predatory monsters can never restore what they take from their victims or the families involved. I can't imagine looking to the parents of the children this man hurt and telling them he will only serve 40 months.
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Although I applaud the work DECU is doing to fight these types of crimes, my heart breaks at the lack of consideration our courts gave to the victims of this monster's crimes.
40 months?
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If there were any equity in sentencing, this piece of human debris would receive a life sentence.. (I'd say 'death' sentence, but Lord Kitzhaber would never allow such a fitting sentence).Â
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Clark County = WA.
Patrick Drum, we'd like you to meet your new cellmate.
@JGalt If only it was that simple. The thing about prison is nobody knows why they are in there and can make up any story they want to survive. Unless of course the prisoner has outside contact, then they can easily find out what they were arrested for. Then they will get beat down, even killed in some cases.
Of course boys and girls there are no cameras in the bathroom to witness an accident. 40 months a long time to hold your poop.
Why to short I suggest the shorten his manhood to make up for the missing 90 years on his sentence. Where is the justice in this for those poor kids...
Not enough.
40 months? That's it? Disgusting. "will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life" So where are those people that want to end sex offender registration, does that apply even in the case of this S.O.B.?
@JTesla People who want to end registration usually don't want a blanket end of all registration. Someone walking home at night too drunk to think clearly urinates and is seen in public. That puts you on the registration. My husband turned 18 and his girlfriend at that time was 16. Statuatory and lifetime on registration. Absolutely it should be used for people who are dangerous and predatory and especially those who prey on defenseless populations like children, the handicapped, elderly, etc. But lifetime registration is just lifetime sentence for people on the list. Hubby has a terrible time finding work because he has to notify employers he is a RSO. Seriously - denied some really good jobs because of a relationship he had almost 25 years ago?
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Under current Oregon law your husband can qualify for "relief" and be taken off the registry if he applies and meets certain criteria.
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Here is the criteria (under 5 years difference, "victim" over 14 only conviction of such crime and act was consensual
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http://www.oregon.gov/OSP/SOR/docs/instructions_ors_181830.pdf
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Wanting to modify who should be on and for how long is not the same thing as removing it all together.
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I am supposing the 40 month is a reward for giving up others in his ring. This is how they get in with these rings. They find one convict him and use his online identity to find others, convict them etc.
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But 40 months is not enough even for his "generous gift" of his fellow monsters. He should have had to give them up as a condition of NOT getting life in prison.
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40 months? Is that all? No justice in that.
What a sicko. He got off easy if you ask me...(no pun intended)