A federal court sentences a Taylorville man to just under six years in prison for possessing child pornography.
U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough sentenced 53-year-old William Single to 70 months in federal prison with seven years of supervised release for his guilty plea of trading and possessing over 600 images of child pornography.
As such, Single must register as a sex offender and pay a $10,000 restitution to one of his victims.
The max sentence Single could have received involved 20 years imprisonment, between five years and a life term of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
The FBI Springfield, and Newark, New Jersey offices investigated the case along with the Illinois State Police and Taylorville Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanner K. Jacobs prosecuted the case.
This sentence comes after Single’s indictment in November 2021 and guilty plea in August 2022.
Project Safe Childhood bought forward the case, a nationwide initiative from the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. Learn more at projectsafechildhood.gov.
