Air Force Member Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Children

U.S. Attorney John Kacavas announced May 8 that Eric Morrison, 22, was sentenced in federal court to 210 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of children.

The investigation began in 2013 when Manchester police received information from the U.S. Air Force Morrison, a member of the Air Force stationed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, was communicating with Erin Upham of Manchester. Specifically, the Air Force Special Agents informed the Manchester Police that they had information that the defendant’s communication was of a sexual nature that involved a child.

Federal search warrants executed and a forensic examination revealed digital images of a minor child engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to the U.S. Attorney.

The charge came after a joint investigation by the U.S. Air Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Manchester and Derry Police Departments. It was prosecuted under Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.