Name: Axel G. Acevedo
Case: United States v. Acevedo No ACM 36257
Date Of Appeal: March 10, 2005
Plea: Guilty
Charges: possessing child pornography
Military Branch: U.S. Air Force
Listed In National Sex Offenders Registry? NO
A military judge sentenced Airman 1st Class Axel Acevedo, a 325th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, to five months confinement, reduction to airman basic and a bad conduct discharge. The sentence was adjudged March 10, 2005.
Airman Axel Acevedo said he used an Internet file-sharing program to search for images of young boys, which he then downloaded and burned to a CD.
Acevedo said he knew the pictures were of real boys younger than 18. He showed the pictures to two other Airmen,
one of whom subsequently reported him to the authorities.
Axel Acevedo served his sentence in the 325th Security Forces Squadron confinement facility.
Sentence adjudged 10 March 2005 by GCM convened at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Military Judge: W. Thomas Cumbie (sitting alone).
Appellate Counsel for the United States: Lieutenant Colonel Gary F. Spencer. Before ORR, JOHNSON, and JACOBSON
Appellate Military Judges PER CURIAM:
The approved findings and sentence are correct in law and fact, and no error prejudicial to the substantial rights of the appellant occurred. Article 66(c), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c); United States v. Reed, 54 M.J. 37, 41 (C.A.A.F. 2000). Accordingly, the approved findings and sentence are AFFIRMED