犹他州Aneth男子持有儿童性虐待材料被判16年监禁：案发时正处终身监管期
美国司法部犹他区联邦检察官办公室宣布，犹他州圣胡安县 Aneth 男子 Johnston Blackhorse（43岁）因接收与持有儿童色情内容（儿童性虐待材料，CSAM）被判处16年联邦监禁。联邦地区法官 Ann Marie McIff Allen 另判处其终身监管释放。
Blackhorse 此前已有同类前科：他2015年曾因持有儿童色情内容被定罪，案发时正处于该案的终身监管释放期。2026年4月，陪审团裁定其接收与持有儿童色情内容两项罪名成立。
据法庭文件与庭审证据，2025年2月，两名缓刑官对独居的 Blackhorse 进行家访，按其监管释放条件检查了他的电脑。缓刑官发现，家访当天电脑上曾安装并使用过一款取证擦除程序；深入检查后，在电脑的已删除空间内找到多份儿童性虐待材料文件。国土安全调查局（HSI）取证人员随后凭搜查令检查该电脑，在已删除空间内共查出6份儿童性虐待材料图像；原始文件路径显示，这些文件原存于 Blackhorse 用户名下的 Mozilla Firefox 文件夹，来自儿童色情网站。证据还显示，他曾用该电脑访问存放在另一台电子存储设备上的更多同类文件，该设备在搜查住所时未被找到。
联邦检察官 Melissa Holyoak 表示，其办公室致力于保护社区、尤其是最脆弱的人群，Blackhorse 的行为模式清楚表明他仍是再犯风险很高的危险罪犯。HSI 丹佛地区主管 Charles Engle 表示，持有儿童性虐待材料者不是这一骇人罪行的被动旁观者，而是在助长一个建立在剥削、虐待无辜儿童之上的产业。
本案由国土安全调查局侦办，联邦助理检察官 Christopher Burton 与 Joseph M. Hood 起诉。本案是司法部2006年启动的全国性「Project Safe Childhood」行动的一部分，该行动统筹联邦、州与地方资源，打击利用互联网剥削儿童的行为。
（来源：美国司法部）
Utah Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material While on Lifetime Supervised Release
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah announced that Johnston Blackhorse, 43, of Aneth in San Juan County, Utah, has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, also known as child sexual abuse material (CSAM). U.S. District Court Judge Ann Marie McIff Allen also sentenced Blackhorse to a lifetime of supervised release.
Blackhorse had a prior conviction for the same kind of offense: he was convicted in 2015 of possession of child pornography, and at the time of the new offense he was already on lifetime supervised release for that conviction. In April 2026, a jury convicted him of receipt and possession of child pornography.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in February 2025 two probation officers conducted a home visit where Blackhorse lived alone and, under the conditions of his supervised release, examined his computer. The officers discovered that a forensic wiping program had been installed and used on the computer the day of the visit, and a more thorough examination located files depicting child sexual abuse material in a deleted space. A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) forensic examiner then examined the computer under a search warrant and found six images of CSAM in the deleted space; an original file path showed the files had existed under Blackhorse's username in his Mozilla Firefox folders and came from child pornography websites. Additional evidence showed he used the computer to access other child pornography files on a separate electronic storage device that was not recovered during the search of his residence.
U.S. Attorney Melissa Holyoak said her office is committed to protecting communities, particularly the most vulnerable, and that Blackhorse's pattern of behavior makes clear he remains a dangerous offender with a significant likelihood of recidivism. Charles Engle, Special Agent in Charge of HSI Denver, said those who possess child sexual abuse material are not passive observers of a horrific crime but are fueling an industry built on the exploitation, abuse and suffering of innocent children.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher Burton and Joseph M. Hood. It was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Department of Justice's nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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