Derek West, 33, formerly of Waipahu, Oahu, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography. West, who had previously pleaded guilty to the offense, must also serve a lifetime term of supervised release following his jail
Derek West, 33, formerly of Waipahu, Oahu, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography. West, who had previously pleaded guilty to the offense, must also serve a lifetime term of supervised release following his jail term.
According to a Dec. 16, 2014, complaint, the case began with a report to the Honolulu Police Department that child pornography had been found on West’s cellular telephone. HPD detectives obtained a search warrant for the telephone, and found approximately 482 images that depicted children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. HPD then contacted the FBI, which determined that 52 of the images were of a 2-year-old girl, some of which showed her engaged in sexual acts with West. During court proceedings, West admitted taking those pictures and sharing them over the Internet, Florence T. Nakakuni, United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, said.
West has been in custody since his arrest in December 2014.
