From news release:

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that ANTHONY READING, age 33, of McCurtain, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment, followed by 60 months of supervised release, for Possession of One or More Visual Depictions of a Minor Child Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C., Section 2252(a)(4)(B).  READING was indicted on July 16, 2008.

"Charges arose from an investigation by the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)," stated United States Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling.  "On October 2, 2007, ICE agents went to READING's residence in McCurtain, Oklahoma, located in Haskell County to investigate allegations that READING had obtained child pornography off the Internet.  READING admitted to viewing and downloading child pornography from the Internet and gave agents consent to search his computer.  Agents seized READING's computer, floppy disks and a DVD.  Forensic analysis revealed the DVD and computer contained more than 1,400 images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct," commented U.S. Attorney Sperling.

"The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over today's hearing.  READING will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service to begin serving his sentence."

"Assistant United States Attorney Chris Wilson represented the United States."