Admitted child pornographer, Marshall MacDonald, age 20, was sentenced to 12 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections after entering into a plea agreement in March. His charges include Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and a Dangerous Crime Against Children.
In August of 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) began an investigation of an internet user of an international hosted file sharing website. The user of the website claimed to have images of what appeared to be a female using the bathroom and boasted they were taken with a spy camera. The investigation revealed that MacDonald was the individual who posted to the website and was sending and receiving images of child pornography. The images were of minors as young as infants.
HSI executed a search warrant at his home located at 526 West Pantera Avenue, Mesa, AZ in December of 2013. HSI agents questioned Marshall MacDonald and he admitted to accessing the file sharing website and sending/receiving child pornography. He also admitted that he used a spy pen camera to record females using the bathroom. Investigators located computers, digital media, and two spy pen cameras during the search. He was arrested and booked into the Maricopa County Jail on ten counts of possession of child pornography (a class 2 felony) and three counts of violations of voyeurism (a class 5 felony).
Upon his release from prison, MacDonald will be placed on lifetime probation with sex terms and computer usage terms. The defendant will have to register as a sex offender.