SECOND MAN CHARGED IN CASE INVOLVING
PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

PRESS RELEASE

Susan W. Brooks, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced that SANG JANG, 36, Chicago, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Indianapolis for producing child pornography, following an investigation by the Bloomington Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is part of the PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE.

The indictment alleges that JANG and David Andrew Turner produced child pornography involving a 14 year old minor girl identified only as Jane Doe. In 2002 and 2003, when Turner and JANG both lived in Ohio, Turner produced sexually explicit images of JANG and Jane Doe together using both a camera and a video camera. Turner then transferred the video and still images to his computer. Turner then transported the images back to Bloomington, Indiana in March 2003. The images were located during a search warrant in November 2004 at Turner’s home in Bloomington, Indiana. Numerous of the still images and a video image are charged against JANG in the current indictment. Turner has already been prosecuted for these images and for producing others involving other minors, and pleaded guilty after his trial started on August 22, 2005. Turner was sentenced to 100 years imprisonment on January 17, 2006. His conviction and sentence was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

This case is being brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. In February 2006, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys Offices, 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 identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov/.

According to Assistant United States Attorney Gayle L. Helart, who is prosecuting the case for the government, JANG faces a maximum possible prison sentence of 30 years and a maximum possible fine of $250,000. An initial hearing will be scheduled before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Indianapolis. The indictment is an allegation only, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at trial or by guilty plea

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