Retired Navy Captain and Nuclear Fuels Executive Timothy Edward Lindstrom, Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography

GREENEVILLE, TN—Timothy Edward Lindstrom, 56, of Jonesborough, Tenn., pleaded guilty on December 6, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville, to the knowing receipt of child pornography. The Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, remanded Lindstrom to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending his sentencing, set for May 21, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.

Lindstrom faces a minimum term of five years and a maximum term of 20 years in prison; a maximum fine of $250,000; a maximum of lifetime supervised release; restitution and forfeiture of the instrumentalities of the offense; and a $100 special mandatory assessment.

Lindstrom waived his right to indictment and entered a written plea agreement to an information. According to documents filed with the U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Lindstrom received more than 7,000 still images and 21 videofiles of child pornography at his home in Jonesborough, Tenn., from 2006 until February 2011. In 2006, Lindstrom retired as a Captain in the U.S. Navy after 29 years of service. He then served as an Executive Vice-President of Nuclear Fuels Service in Erwin, Tenn., as Director of Nuclear Operations until November 2010.

“These cases are disturbing, but the United States will continue to prosecute whoever is violating these laws and subjecting our children to these illegal influences,” said U.S. Attorney Bill Killian. “Fortunately, the efforts of the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Smith resulted in this conviction,” added Killian.

This prosecution was the result of an investigation by the FBI. Helen Smith, Assistant U.S. Attorney, represented the United States.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by 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 better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov .



http://www.justice.gov/usao/tne/news/2011/December/120711%20Lindstrom%20Guilty%20Plea%20Child%20Pornography.html

Retired Navy captain confesses downloading child pornography

A retired Navy captain confessed Tuesday to downloading more than 7,000 snapshots and 21 videos of child pornography over a five-year period.

Timothy E. Lindstrom, age not immediately available, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Greeneville to a possession of child pornography charge, records show.

Lindstrom is not only a retired Navy captain but also served as an executive in the Nuclear Fuel Services firm in Erwin, Tenn. According to the firm's website, it is a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group in Lynchburg, Va., and manufactures nuclear fuel for the Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Helen Smith wrote in a plea agreement filed Tuesday that Lindstrom lives in Jonesborough, Tenn. At some point, he bought a monthly subscription to an "online newsgroup" and downloaded various applications used to read and search newsgroup files, Smith wrote.

"The combination of these features allowed (Lindstrom) to search for and receive files from other computer users via the Internet," Smith wrote.

Beginning in January 2006, Lindstrom began using that capability to surf for child pornography, Smith alleged.

"When he located and received images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, the defendant downloaded the images and saved them to electronic folders labeled with the screen name of the child depicted or the Internet source of the images," the agreement stated.

Lindstrom's cache of more than 7,000 still photographs and 21 videofiles was discovered in February, according to the plea agreement.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/dec/07/retired-navy-captain-confesses-downloading-child/