FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography
A Woodbridge, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to one count of production of child pornography.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia, and Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement.
David Edward De Vere, 53, a former Equal Employment Specialist at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady of the Eastern District of Virginia to production of child pornography. According to admissions made in connection with his plea, in March 2017, De Vere met and began communicating online with a 16-year-old minor living in Colorado. During the course of these communications, De Vere induced the minor to take and send him images of the minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Additionally, in April 2017, De Vere travelled from Virginia to Colorado in an attempt to engage in sexual activity with the minor, but failed to make contact with the minor.
De Vere is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 11, 2019.
