Registered Sex Offender Charged with Transportation of Child Pornography
Anthony Terranova, Jr., a registered sex offender, was charged today by indictment with the two counts involving the transportation of child pornography, two counts involving the attempted distribution of child pornography to a minor, possession of child pornography, and the attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
Information Regarding the Defendant
Name
Address
Age or Year of Birth
Anthony Terranova, Jr.
Easton, PA
51
If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 190 years' incarceration, a mandatory minimum 25 years' incarceration, a mandatory minimum five years' supervised release up to a lifetime of supervised release, a $1.5 million fine, and a $600 special assessment.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. 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 www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sherri A. Stephan.
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