WILMINGTON, Del. (WBOC/AP)- Prosecutors say a Laurel man has been indicted on federal child pornography charges after alleged child pornography was found on his computers.
Fifty-three-year-old David Schultz was indicted Tuesday. He was arrested on Aug. 15.
According to the indictment, a man arrested in Maryland in a separate investigation into child sexual assault told police about Schultz's alleged activities.
Authorities said federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on Schultz's home in April and seized more than 30 computers, some of which allegedly contained child pornography. During a forensic examination of the computer equipment, agents said they found a video of Schultz directing a female minor and a young adult male to engage in various sex acts in his home. The forensic examination also revealed that Schultz had used the computers to allegedly receive and possess child pornography featuring young teenaged females via the Internet, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said that in October 1995, Schultz pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. He was required to register as a sex offender.
If convicted, Schultz faces enhanced penalties that apply to previously convicted child sex offenders under federal law. On the charge of producing child pornography, Schultz faces a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 25 years, to a maximum sentence of 50 years.
Prosecutors said that because of his sex offender status, Schultz also could face an additional, mandatory prison term of 10 years on the production of child pornography charge. On the receipt of child pornography charge, Schultz faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years imprisonment and a maximum term of imprisonment of 40 years. On the possession of child pornography charge, Schultz faces a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years, to a maximum of 20 years.
Authorities said that subsequent to any release from prison, Schultz would be placed on a term of supervised release for a mandatory minimum of five years, to a maximum of life. On each charge, Schultz also faces a maximum fine of $250,000.
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