US EditionTexas Man Sentenced to 14 Years After 1,500+ Child Sexual Abuse Images Seized
Todd Edward Ellison received a 14-year federal prison sentence for possessing over 1,500 images and 21 videos of child sexual abuse material, with lifetime supervision and sex-offender registration.
- Todd Edward Ellison, who pleaded guilty on Dec. 17, 2024, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., followed by lifetime supervised release.
- In May 2020, authorities obtained a search warrant after suspicions he used social media to impersonate and harass a female victim, and forensic analysis found he possessed over 1,500 images and 21 videos of child pornography.
- According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, investigators from ICE-HSI's Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Investigations Task Force led the probe, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ana C. Cano and Jose A. Esquivel prosecuted the case.
- He will be required to register as a sex offender and follow court-ordered access restrictions, with restitution to victims to be determined and custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility in the near future.
- The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Department of Justice initiative launched in May 2006 that marshals U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section to combat child sexual exploitation.
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Harlingen man gets 14 years in child pornography case
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Harlingen man was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possessing multiple images and videos of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. On Dec. 17, 2024, 57-year-old Todd Edward Ellison pleaded guilty. In 2020, authorities initiated an investigation on suspicion that Ellison had been using social [...]
Texas man sentenced to 14 years for child sex abuse material
A 57-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced.Todd Edward Ellison pleaded guilty Dec. 17, 2024. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. ordered the sentence, which will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. During that time, Ellison will be required to comply with numerous restrictions designed to limit his access …
Harlingen man sentenced to 14 years for possession of child sex abuse material
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Todd Edward Ellison, 57, was convicted of possession of child sexual abuse material, announced federal prosecutor Nicholas J. Ganjei. Ellison pleaded guilty on December 17, 2024. District federal judge Fernando Rodríguez Jr. ordered Ellison to serve 168 months in a federal prison, followed by life-long supervised release. During that time, he will have to meet numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to minors a…
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