Source: Office of United States Attorneys
TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with having child sexual abuse materials.
According to court documents, Joseph Donald Dube, 38, of Topeka was indicted on one count of possessing of child sexual abuse materials.
Dube is accused of knowingly accessing and possessing materials depicting minors under 12 years of age engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
The defendant made his initial court appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
The U.S. Secret Service and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) are investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Hunting is prosecuting the case.
Project Safe Childhood
This 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 Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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