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Johnson City Man Gets 151 Month Sentence for Child Pornography Possession

GGREENEVILLE -- Samuel Kent Barnett of Johnson City, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 151 months in prison for possession of child pornography. The 48 year old man will be subject to supervised released by the U.S. Probation Office for the remainder of his life once he completes his prison term.

Sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge J. Ronnie Greer at Greeneville, the sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Barnett.

Barnett used personal computers to access the internet from his residence and downloaded images of minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct since July 2008. Investigators were alerted to Barnett's crime when the manager of the apartment building in which Barnett was residing observed stacks of child pornography images in plain view in Barnett's apartment.

On March 9, 2010, a two-count indictment, which included the aforementioned charge, was returned against Barnett by a federal grand jury sitting in Greeneville, Tenn. This indictment was the result of an ongoing investigation by the Johnson City Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. J. Gregory Bowman, Assistant U.S. Attorney represented the United States.

"The punishment rendered in this case shows the seriousness of the Department of Justice as we continue to ferret out the criminals who commit these awful crimes on our children. Promotion, possession, and distribution of child pornography will not be tolerated," said U.S. Attorney Bill Killian.

Published June 22, 2011, 4:11 p.m.

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