
A federal judge in Shreveport, Louisiana has handed down a life sentence to a Fort Bliss Sailor for his part in a global online network of child porn.
Two others, Jonathan Mayor from Newport, Tennessee, and Micah turner from Roy, Utah were sentenced to 17 1/2 years. Their sentences are the result of a federal investigation that started in the Ark-La-Tex in 2009.
The investigation was called Operation Delego and it targeted 72 Dreamboard members from fourteen countries including the U.S.
Prosecutors describe Dreamboard as a once highly managed website- based community dedicated to the sexual abuse of children and the creation and dissemination of graphic images and videos of child sexual abuse throughout the world.
According to prosecutors Cuff was an active participant in the international criminal. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that 49-year-old Robert Cuff, a command master chief in the U.S. Navy stationed at Fort Bliss not only participated in child exploitation, but that he also engaged in a pattern of activity involving the sexual exploitation of a five year old child.
U.S. Attorney, Stephanie Finley stated “We agree with the court’s statement that this defendant was much like a Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde; to those who knew him in the military, he appeared to be an outstanding soldier but as the judge stated: this defendant had a dark side involving the advertising of child pornography and the rape of a young child.”