Cmdr. pleads guilty to child porn possession

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Cmdr. pleads guilty to child porn possession
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Sep 23, 2008 6:49:19 EDT

SAN DIEGO — A Navy commander in Hawaii pleaded guilty last week to one count of possession of child pornography.

Cmdr. James Mattingly, 38, will be sentenced in federal court on Jan. 20, 2009. A federal grand jury in June indicted Mattingly of the single count, alleging that on Dec. 12, 2007, he “did knowingly possess matters, including various computer media and hard drives, which contained visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.” He was released on $25,000 bond, according to court information with the U.S. District Court in Honolulu.

Mattingly appeared in federal court Sept. 18 and pleaded guilty before federal District Court Judge David A. Ezra. Prosecutors alleged that the officer kept the images obtained through the Internet on his personal computer in his Hawaii home.

His attorney, Brook Hart, said the officer has “some psychological problems” but added that “he is a responsible and trusted officer with an excellent record.”

“This is a very sad situation involving an officer who’s been an excellent Navy officer and who has had no other deficiencies,” Hart said in an interview. Mattingly “is taking responsibility for having possessed child pornography.”


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/09/navy_mattingly_092208/%2e

[Lerkfish]

1. oh, its so SAD for him that he got caught.

:sarcasm: