DAYTON -- Charles Edward Suttles, 56, of Dayton has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for viewing sexually explicit images of children while he was a patient at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dayton.
Suttles was also sentenced to be under court supervision for the rest of his life.
According to court documents, Suttles was a resident of the VA Medical Center in Dayton in July 2010. VA Police, acting in response to a tip, found Suttles viewing child pornography in a computer lab set up for residents to use to search and apply for jobs. The officer seized a thumb drive that Suttles had plugged into the computer. A forensic analysis of the thumb drive revealed more than 500 images and more than a dozen videos of child pornography.
According to Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Suttles was arrested in January 2013. He has been in custody since his arrest. Suttles pleaded guilty March 28, 2013, to one count of possession of child pornography.
âPursuing those who sexually exploit children is a top priority of all law enforcement particularly when it endangers our nationâs veterans and their families,â said Gavin McClaren, United States Department of Veterans Affairs â Office of Inspector General, Resident Agent in Charge, Cleveland.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, click here.
Suttles was also sentenced to be under court supervision for the rest of his life.
According to court documents, Suttles was a resident of the VA Medical Center in Dayton in July 2010. VA Police, acting in response to a tip, found Suttles viewing child pornography in a computer lab set up for residents to use to search and apply for jobs. The officer seized a thumb drive that Suttles had plugged into the computer. A forensic analysis of the thumb drive revealed more than 500 images and more than a dozen videos of child pornography.
According to Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Suttles was arrested in January 2013. He has been in custody since his arrest. Suttles pleaded guilty March 28, 2013, to one count of possession of child pornography.
âPursuing those who sexually exploit children is a top priority of all law enforcement particularly when it endangers our nationâs veterans and their families,â said Gavin McClaren, United States Department of Veterans Affairs â Office of Inspector General, Resident Agent in Charge, Cleveland.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, click here.