Stroudsburg Man Sentenced To 25 Years’ Imprisonment For Production Of Images Containing The Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Christopher Horsfield, age 50, formerly of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced August 23, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to serve a term of 25 years' imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release for producing images containing the sexual exploitation of a child.

According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, between November 2022 and August 2023, Horsfield acquired, created, and distributed child pornography-some of which Horsfield personally created with minor victims. Law enforcement discovered the abuse while investigating a report of inappropriate contact between a minor and another individual, finding communications between Horsfield and the individual on the individual's phone that included videos depicting Horsfield engaging in the sexual exploitation of a minor. Subsequent investigation determined that Horsfield possessed 2,125 images and 218 videos of child pornography on his phone.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.

The case was investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police, Stroudsburg Area Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Assistant U.S. Attorney David C. Williams and former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin Varley prosecuted the case.

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