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Randy Zacherle, age 55, of Okanogan, was sentenced Thursday to ten years in federal prison after having previously been convicted by a jury on November 3, 2014 of Possession of Child Pornography. US District Court Judge Stanley Allen Bastian sentenced Zacherle to the ten year term, to be followed by a life term of court supervision after he is released from Federal prison. In addition, Zacherle was ordered to forfeit the laptop computer he used to receive and store his child pornography collection. Zacherle will also be required to register as a sex offender.
According to information disclosed during the court proceedings, in 2009 Zacherle was convicted of Possession of Child Pornography and sentenced to 26 months and 8 days imprisonment and required to register as a sex offender. On April 29, 2013, Zacherle was arrested by Deputies from the United States Marshal’s Service and Spokane County Sheriff’s Office for failure to register as a sex offender. On October 30, 2013, Zacherle was convicted federally for failure to register as a sex offender. Further investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation determined that Zacherle was using a laptop computer with wiping software to receive and possess images of child pornography from 2011 until he was arrested in April of 2013. Law enforcement discovered Zacherle had collected over 1,000 images of child pornography, which included girls under the age of twelve.
US Attorney Michael C. Ormsby stated, “I commend the tireless efforts of the FBI, United States Marshal’s Service, and Spokane County Sheriff’s Office in investigating this matter.
This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the United States Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.