Lansdowne Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Child Pornography

Frank Robert Tucker, Jr., 50, of the 700-block of Fifth Avenue in Lansdowne, was sentenced in federal court to ten years in prison for distributing child pornography.

According to Tucker’s plea agreement, on Dec. 28, 2009, a Maryland State Police investigator on a public peer-to-peer file-sharing network used by Tucker and found that Tucker had 89 video files available for download, most of the names of which were consistent with child pornography.

Investigator downloaded video files from Tucker’s computer that depicted minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Maryland State Police searched Tucker’s residence on April 14, 2010, and found images of child pornography a computer and the external hard drive, including sadistic conduct or other depictions of violence. 

The external hard drive contained videos of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including images of bondage. According to officials, numerous nude photos and videos of a developmentally disabled female were also found, including images of sexual contact between the female and Tucker.

On Jan. 13, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Tucker to 121 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release. Upon his release from prison, Tucker must register as a sex offender.

The 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 U.S. Department of Justice.