Jamestown Resident Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography

ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Jamestown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,000 on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

United States District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter imposed the sentence on Hank Thomas Fisher, 22.

According to information presented to the Court, from March 2020 to August 2021, Fisher distributed images and videos depicting prepubescent minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Fisher also possessed thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse material.

Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Baxter noted the lifelong impact that these crimes will have on the young victims depicted in the child sexual abuse material.

Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Olshan commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Pennsylvania State Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Fisher.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.