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LANDENBERG, Pa. — Jason Haldeman, age 37, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on one count of transportation of child pornography, in violation of federal law.
Haldeman is the owner and operator of Stat Care Ambulance Service, Inc., in West Grove, Pennsylvania. Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced the indictment after it was returned this afternoon. Haldeman has been detained since his January 20, 2011 arrest.
According to the indictment and court documents filed in the case, Haldeman was identified by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations during an online investigation into a computer network devoted to trading images of child pornography. During that investigation, an undercover agent located in Delaware downloaded 74 files depicting child pornography that Haldeman had made available to network members.
Law enforcement agents executed search warrants at Haldeman’s Landenberg residence and West Grove, Pennsylvania office on January 20, 2011. Upon entering Haldeman’s private office at his business, agents found a computer logged into the computer network previously identified during the investigation. On this computer were thousands of pictures and movies of child pornography available for download by other network members. The vast majority of these images and movies depicted prepubescent and teenage boys posing lasciviously or engaged in sex acts with other boys or adult males.
If convicted of transportation of child pornography, Haldeman faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years imprisonment and a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. Haldeman also faces a maximum fine of $250,000, and at least 5 years, up to a lifetime, of supervised release upon the completion of any prison sentence.
This case is being investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, Philadelphia.
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