STATESBORO, Ga. — Daniel Boulineau, 34, of Sylvania, Ga., faces a minimum of five years in federal prison after confessing that he dispersed child pornography.
Boulineau pled guilty in U.S District Court to distribution of child pornography, said David H. Estes, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. The charges Boulineau received have a minimum sentence of five years in prison and a statutory maximum of up to 20 years. He will also face financial penalties, and a period of supervised release following incarceration. He will be required to register as a sex offender. The federal system has no parole.
Court documents and testimony from August 2020 indicate Boulineau admitted that he electronically sent the images and videos of a minor engaging in sexual content. The FBI and the Child Exploitation Task Force were conducting an online investigation that resulted in Boulineau’s arrest on Sept. 1, 2021. The sentencing date has not been decided.
“The distribution of child pornography is an attack against the most vulnerable members of society,” said Chris Hacker, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta. “No sentence for this man will remove the scars left on the children victimized by his crimes, but hopefully it will serve as a warning that the FBI will use any resources necessary to apprehend anyone who carries out these appalling crimes.”
