SOUTH BEND – Terry Cottrell, 38 years old, of Winamac, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to possession of child [censored]ography, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Cottrell was sentenced to 97 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. Cottrell was ordered to pay $39,000 in restitution.
According to documents in the case, in October of 2019, law enforcement discovered over 9,000 images and seven videos of child [censored]ography on Cottrell’s cell phone and laptop computer. Cottrell confessed to possessing the images. Cottrell’s criminal history includes a conviction for breaking into a library in 2003 to look up child [censored]ography on a library computer.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of the Indiana State Police. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John M. Maciejczyk.
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