Maryland man indicted for sex
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pornography offenses
Child pornography collection found on defendant's 3 computers is largest
collection found by ICE and FBI Agents in Maryland
BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury indicted Jeremy Guzewicz, 27, of Parkville,
Md., today on charges of sexual exploitation and attempted sexual
exploitation of a child; receipt, distribution and possession of child
pornography; and extortion.
The indictment was announced by U. S. Attorney for the District of Maryland
Rod J. Rosenstein, Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Special Agent in Charge Richard
A. McFeely of the FBI, Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police
Department; and Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger.
According to the 11 count superseding indictment, beginning in July 2006,
Guzewicz portrayed himself on a social networking site, available on the
internet and marketed towards teenagers, as an older man with stepchildren.
He introduced himself to a 12 year old girl living in Massachusetts. Soon
thereafter, he allegedly instructed the girl to send him sexually explicit
pictures of herself. Guzewicz allegedly called the victim many times by
phone, and sent her a sexually explicit picture of him. During the time
Guzewicz communicated with the victim from 2006 to Nov. 17, 2009, Guzewicz
allegedly threatened that he would tell the victim's parents that she was
communicating with strangers online, and that he would travel to
Massachusetts to rape her if she did not send additional pictures of herself
or comply with his instructions.
The indictment further alleges that on three occasions in July 2009,
Guzewicz distributed online pictures of minors engaging in sexually explicit
conduct; received child pornography in May and July 2009, on two of his
desktop computers; on three occasions in Nov. 17, 2009, Guzewicz possessed
child pornography on three desktop computers; and twice on Aug.10, 2009,
threatened the victim online that he would injure her and her reputation.
At Guzewicz's detention hearing on March 24, 2010, the government notified
the court that the child pornography collection found on the three computers
allegedly owned by the defendant was one of the largest collections of child
pornography recovered by the ICE and FBI agents in Maryland.
The indictment seeks forfeiture of three desktop computers and two cell
phones allegedly used in the commission of the above described offenses.
Guzewicz faces a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum sentence of 30
years in prison for sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of
a child; a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each of three counts
for distribution, and each of two counts for receipt, of child pornography;
a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on each of three counts for
possession of child pornography; a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
for extortion involving the threat of injury to the victim; and a maximum
sentence of two years in prison for extortion involving the threat of injury
to the victim's reputation; followed by supervised release up to life.
Guzewicz was detained upon the filing of the original indictment on March
10, 2010.