EAST ST. LOUIS — James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on February 12, 2016, Richard Lee Doerr, III, 28, East Carondelet, IL, was arraigned on a five-count Indictment charging him, in Count 1, with Distribution of Child Pornography, in Counts 2-4, with Receipt of Child Pornography, and, in Count 5, with Possession of Prepubescent Child Pornography. Doerr was ordered detained, that is, held without bond, after a detention hearing Thursday.

Count 1 alleges that, on or about December 27, 2013, Doerr knowingly distributed at least four visual depictions of child pornography, as described in the Indictment.

Counts 2 through 4 allege that, on July 11, August 31, and September 1, 2014, respectively, Doerr knowingly received at least seven (7) visual depictions of child pornography, as described in the Indictment.

Finally, Count 5 alleges that, on or about October 2, 2014, Doerr knowingly possessed material that contained child pornography that involved prepubescent minors or minors who had not attained 12 years of age, as described in the Indictment.

Trial is scheduled for April 4, 2016, in East St. Louis, Illinois. The penalty for Distribution and Receipt of Child Pornography is a term of imprisonment of not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years, a fine up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of not less than five (5) years to life.

The penalty for Possession of Prepubescent Child Pornography is a term of imprisonment of not more than twenty (20) years, a fine up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of not less than five (5) years to life.