United States v. Joseph Pirosko

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

On June 6, 2012, federal agents executed a search warrant on Joseph Pirosko’s hotel room. They seized a laptop computer and a USB drive; a later analysis revealed numerous images and video files depicting child pornography on both devices. A grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Pirosko, charging him with knowingly receiving and distributing numerous computer files containing visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2), and knowingly possessing a computer and a USB storage…