Western District of Kentucky | Repeat Child Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Child Pornography Offense | #childpredator | #kidsaftey | #childsaftey

Louisville, KY – A Louisville man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in federal prison for a child pornography offense.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky made the announcement.

According to court documents, Daniel Guenther, 58, of Louisville was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for attempting to access with intent to view child pornography after having been previously convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography and child molesting.

In 2007, Guenther had previously been convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and was sentenced to 17 years in prison followed by a life term of supervised release. During his term of supervised release, Guenther was found to be in possession of an unauthorized and unmonitored cellular telephone with internet capabilities and to have used that cellular telephone to attempt to access with intent to view child pornography.

There is no parole in the federal system.

The case was investigated by the United States Probation Office for the Western District of Kentucky with assistance from the United States Secret Service.  

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jo E. Lawless prosecuted the case.  

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.  For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab “resources.”

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