SEATTLE – A Kirkland man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for receipt of child pornography.
Robert Francis Pierce, 41, also faces 15 years of supervised release.
According to court records, in late May 2009, federal investigators using Peer to Peer file sharing software traced child pornography to an internet address associated with Pierce. In August 2009, Pierce's apartment was searched by law enforcement, and agents found two computers containing more than 600 images of child pornography. Pierce admitted downloading the images using Peer to Peer software.
Pierce has prior convictions in Snohomish County for Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree.
