South Lake Tahoe Man Pleads Guilty To Receiving And Possessing Child Pornography

SACRAMENTO--United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that DAVID KEARBY CLEMENTS, 50, of South Lake Tahoe, California, pled guilty today to four counts of receiving child pornography over the Internet and one count of possession of child pornography before United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol.

According to Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Rodriguez, who is prosecuting this case, CLEMENTS possessed over 65 images of child sexual abuse. CLEMENTS agreed to forfeit all of his computer equipment which he used to receive and possess sexually explicit images of minor females.

CLEMENTS faces a minimum sentence of five years imprisonment and a maximum of 20 years imprisonment for each receipt of child pornography offense and ten years imprisonment for possession of child pornography. After completion of any term of imprisonment, CLEMENTS faces a term of federal supervised release of up to life, a sex offender registration condition, and a fine of up to $1,250,000. However, the actual sentence will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables, and any applicable statutory sentencing factors.

CLEMENTS is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Damrell on March 17, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

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