Carson City man sentenced to 10 years prison for child pornography
A man who was found in possession of 6,000 images and 20 videos of child pornography, including child rape, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, lifetime supervised release, and ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution to various victims, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden, for the District of Nevada.
Andrew Wayne Hamrick, 30, of Carson City, Nev., who pleaded guilty on July 28, 2014, to one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced on April 6, by U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon. Hamrick has been in custody since he was arrested in April 2014. Go here for the original story on his arrest.
“As the investigation in this case demonstrates, there are persons trolling the Internet 24 hours-a-day looking for accomplices and innocent children to harm,” said U.S. Attorney Bogden. “Thanks to the dedication and skills of these investigators and prosecutors, we are able to identify, arrest and successfully prosecute these dangerous predators.”
According to the court records, in October 2013, Hamrick engaged in a series of email and text message conversations with an FBI special agent who was posing undercover as an adult female interested in incest. Hamrick provided the undercover agent with instructions on how to teach the undercover agent's fictional six-year old niece to engage in sexual activity. During the chat sessions, Hamrick emailed approximately 10 images of child pornography to the undercover agent.
In March 2014, a federal search warrant was executed at Hamrick's home in Carson City, and agents recovered two cellular telephones that, upon forensic examination, were found to contain a total of approximately 6,000 images and 20 videos of child pornography. The images and videos included depictions of child rape, bestiality, sadistic or masochistic conduct, and bondage-related activities with both young boys and girls. Agents obtained a federal arrest warrant for Hamrick, and he was arrested in Carson City while driving his vehicle.
Law enforcement officials recovered another cellular telephone from Hamrick that had been activated only a few hours after the search warrant was served on his home. Several more images of child pornography were recovered from the new phone. Hamrick worked as a locksmith in Carson City.