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| Rashod Robinson |
During the trial, testimony revealed that in 2009 and 2010, agents with the FBI in Cleveland, Ohio, were conducting an online undercover investigation targeting people who used the Internet to share child pornography. At trial, an FBI agent testified that he encountered a person using the name "rr75727" on the Internet and that rr75727 was making child pornography available to others who wanted to download it from him.
The FBI agent in Cleveland downloaded two videos and 18 images of child pornography directly from Robinson's computer. During the trial, agents from the Cleveland, Philadelphia and Charlotte offices of the FBI testified that the investigation into the identity of 'rr75727' led to a home located in Charlotte. On May 26, 2010, Charlotte FBI agents executed a search warrant at Robinson's home. FBI agents determined that Robinson lived at the home when he was on breaks from attending college at Virginia Military Institute.
On the day of the search, FBI agents seized several computers, including two that belonged to Robinson. An FBI computer forensic examiner told the jury that he examined Robinson’s computers and found child pornography, including the same two videos and 18 pictures that the FBI agent in Cleveland had downloaded from Robinson on January 6, 2010, on both computers.
Robinson will remain in custody until his sentencing date, which has not been set yet. He faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison and/or a $250,000. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.