Slidell man sentenced for child pornography

By Erik Sanzenbach
Published on Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:23 AM CDT



St. Tammany News

A Slidell man was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday by U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan on one count of possession of child pornography

Juan Faciane, 43, was arrested by the FBI March 20, 2009, after agents searched his house and found five video tapes depicting the sexual victimization of women.

Faciane pled guilty to one count of possession of child pornography Oct. 28 2009.

U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said the FBI was alerted to Faciane as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide program that apprehends and prosecutes people who exploit children through the Internet.

As part of his sentence, Faciane will be placed under 15 years probation after his release from jail. He will also have to register as a sex offender and is prohibited from any unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18.


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2 comment(s)

    Confused wrote on Aug 24, 2010 10:58 AM:

    " The article speaks about victimization of WOMEN. Nowhere in the text does it mention children under 18 were depicted in the tapes.

    Mr/Mrs Editor - There's no connection between what was found on the tapes and the charges. Were there actors on the tapes under 18 years of age?

    This is a disjointed article. "

    John wrote on Aug 22, 2010 10:08 PM:

    " How was this guy only sentenced to two years in prison ? the mandatory minimum is 5 years... "

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