Roseville Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Possession

A Roseville man pleaded guilty Friday, Jan. 13, to possession of child pornography, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

During a forensic examination of 43-year-old Brian David Clayworth's computers and external hard drives, approximately 17,600 child pornography images were found, in addition to about 625 videos, according to the justice department. Officials also found emails documenting subscriptions to child pornography websites, bookmarked websites and keyword searches tied to child pornography.

The case began in December 2004 when a Homeland Security Investigations unit in Los Angeles received information about a website selling access to child pornography. During the investigation, Clayworth was identified through email and financial records as someone who had purchased child pornography from the website.

On April 19, 2007, Sacramento HSI agents interviewed Clayworth at his home and Clayworth admitted to using the Internet to access child pornography websites and to using his credit card to pay for access to those sites.

Clayworth is scheduled to be sentenced March 30 by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. He faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release, according to the justice department.

This case is part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing Project Safe Childhood initiative, which was launched to increase federal prosecutions of sexual predators of children, and to reduce the number of Internet crimes against children including child pornography trafficking.