A man Chicago area man has been charged with transporting child pornography.
Dennis Houston, 43, of the 3S500 block of Bliss Road in Sugar Grove, Ill. was arrest last week in his home following an investigation by the FBI's Innocent Images Task Force, authorities said.
Houston, prosecutors say, shared several photos and a video depicting child pornography with an undercover agent on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network back in February.
Investigators were able to track the files to Houston's computer address, they said.
A subsequent search of Houston's home turned up several of those same images and roughly 1,300 others, the FBI said.
If convicted, Houston faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years to a maximum of 20 years in prison. He's been ordered held without bond until his next court appearance on June 12.
Houston, prosecutors say, shared several photos and a video depicting child pornography with an undercover agent on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network back in February.
Investigators were able to track the files to Houston's computer address, they said.
A subsequent search of Houston's home turned up several of those same images and roughly 1,300 others, the FBI said.
If convicted, Houston faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years to a maximum of 20 years in prison. He's been ordered held without bond until his next court appearance on June 12.
