DAVENPORT, IA - On May 12, 2014, Charles Louis Linville, age 71, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge John A. Jarvey also sentenced Linville to a five-year term of supervised release, following his term of imprisonment.

Linville was identified during a peer-to-peer file sharing investigation. Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Linville's address, seized his computer, and determined that Linville possessed thousands of images of child pornography. Linville also possessed multiple digital recording devices, including video capable underwater face masks, which he had used to create videos of a minor female swimming in her bathing suit.

This case was investigated by the Scott County Sherriff's Office and was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

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DAVENPORT, IA - On March 28, 2014, Matthew Scott Hiles, age 29, formerly of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 70 months imprisonment for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Hiles was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund. Hiles will also be required to register as a sex offender.

In April 2013, a Davenport, Iowa, police detective, and member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, conducted an online investigation and identified images of child pornography on a computer later identified to Hiles at his Davenport residence. As part of an April 26, 2013, search warrant this identified computer and computer equipment were seized from Hiles's bedroom and determined by forensic examination to contain multiple child pornography images and videos. Hiles pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in November of 2013.

This case was investigated by the Davenport, Iowa, Police Department, the Internet Crimes Against Children task force and the United States Secret Service Cyber-Crimes Task Force. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

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DAVENPORT, IA B On January 28, 2014, an indictment charging Robert L. Budd, Jr. (Budd), formerly of Brown Traffic Products, Inc. (Brown Traffic) of Davenport, Iowa, and Robert W. Webster (Webster), a former city electrician for the city of Bettendorf, Iowa, was unsealed, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. The thirteen-count indictment charges Budd and Webster with conspiracy and bribery in connection with Webster's work at the city of Bettendorf. The city of Bettendorf, Iowa is a government agency that has
received funds under federal programs involving grants, contracts, or other forms of federal assistance in excess of $10,000 each year over the past several years and has conducted transactions with Brown Traffic in amounts exceeding $5,000.

The Budd and Webster indictment alleges that Webster received money, airfare to such places as Florida, Texas, and Nevada, tickets for race car events, and other forms of entertainment, lodging expenses for hotels and resorts in such places as Florida, Texas, Nevada, Kansas, and Illinois, meals, drinks, cigars, and golf and resort fees.

The court also unsealed two other files involving David Schiltz (Schiltz), the former CEO of Brown Traffic, and Daniel Fuchs (Fuchs), a former high-level manager and sales representative of Brown Traffic. Schiltz and Fuchs have entered guilty pleas and agreed to cooperate with the Government's investigation. Within their plea agreements, both men admitted they conspired with Budd to corruptly give, and offer to give, things of value to
Webster, and others, acting with the intent to influence and reward Webster in connection with
transactions between the city of Bettendorf and Brown Traffic for traffic control devices and services.

Budd has entered a plea of not guilty and a trial is presently scheduled for April 7, 2014. Webster is expected to appear in court later this week.

The public is reminded that an indictment is only an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

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DAVENPORT, IA- On January 24, 2014, Manuel Partida Garcia, age 32, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 36 months imprisonment, after pleading guilty to illegal re-entry into the United States, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Partida Garcia was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund. Partida Garcia was found in the United States after being convicted in Marshall County, Iowa for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, eluding and carrying weapons. Partida was also found to be an aggravated felon based on a prior assault conviction out of the state of Washington.

This case was investigated by the United States Department of Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa.