Erie Resident Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years of incarceration, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release on his conviction of possessing child sexual abuse material, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.

United States District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter imposed the sentence on Dana Lindstrom, 44, formerly of Erie, Pennsylvania.

According to information presented to the Court, in August 2019, Lindstrom possessed videos depicting a minor female engaged in sexually explicit conduct. These videos were located by investigators on Lindstrom's phone.

Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Rivetti commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Erie Police Department and the Erie County Detectives Bureau for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Lindstrom.

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 https://www.justice.gov/psc.