Hagerman man sentenced to 10 years for possession of child pornography

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Edward Vance, 64, of Hagerman, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced Friday.

According to court records, Vance has a prior federal conviction for possession of child pornography. While Vance was on supervised release for that conviction, Vance’s probation officer located child pornography on his electronic devices. Vance’s probation officer referred the investigation to the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (“ICAC”) Task Force. ICAC obtained a federal search warrant to examine Vance’s electronic devices and located thousands of images and videos of child pornography.   

Chief United States District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Vance to serve a lifetime term of supervised release following his prison sentence and to forfeit the electronic devices that were used to commit the offense. As a result of the conviction, Vance will be required to register as a sex offender.

U.S. Attorney Hurwit commended the cooperative efforts of the ICAC Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations, and United States Probation which led to charges.