WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
PHOENIX, Ariz. - A Pinal County man was sentenced last week in federal court for distribution of child pornography from 2016 to 2017.
James Stacey Porter, 59, was sentenced April 13, 2026, by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 129 months in prison. Porter previously pleaded guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography on Oct. 10, 2025.
"Child Sexual Abuse Material causes significant emotional distress to the children depicted in the images and videos," said U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine. "Every offender in a file sharing network, like BitTorrent used in this case, is able to grow his collect...