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Date: 04-16-2024
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Case Number: 2:22-cr-00093
Judge: Dale A. Drozd
Court: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Sacramento
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Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 29 Years in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography
Wayne Lee Hauzer, 59, of Tracy, was sentenced to 29 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for distribution of child pornography.
In April 2022, Hauzer engaged in a private chat via Kik messenger with an undercover federal agent who Hauzer believed to be a 13-year-old girl. During the conversation, Hauzer sent the undercover agent videos of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Hauzer was a registered sex offender at the time of this offense and is subject to an enhanced statutory penalty because he had prior federal convictions for enticement of a minor, attempted enticement of a minor, and distribution of child pornography.
This case was the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shelley D. Weger and Jessica L. Delaney prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.
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