NORFOLK, VA – A Virginia was sentenced in Norfolk federal
court to 18 years in prison for transportation and possession of child
pornography. Daniel Allen Oswald, 60, of Virginia Beach, Va., pled
guilty to the charges on July 20, 2010. This investigation was led by
the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland
Security Investigations (HSI).
“The victimization of children for sexual purposes is one of the most
heinous criminal acts imaginable,” said John P. Torres, special agent
in charge of the ICE HSI office in Washington, D.C. “Today’s sentencing
illustrates the serious nature of crimes that exploit children. For this
reason, ICE will continue to work closely with our law enforcement
partners and through ICE initiatives such as Operation Predator to
aggressively pursue child predators and bring them to justice.”
According to court documents, Oswald was identified by ICE after the
Surrey County North Carolina Sheriff’s Department requested ICE’s
assistance in obtaining a search warrant, who was then living on federal
lands on Back Bay Wildlife Refuge in Virginia Beach. ICE identified two
minor girls who Oswald had been molesting and producing child
pornography with over the course of several years.
This investigation is part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE
initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those
who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers,
criminal alien sex offenders, and child sex traffickers.
ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any
suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE.
This hotline is staffed around the clock by investigators.
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