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Okanogan Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Child Porn


Aug 13, 2015

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.



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