Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
RICHARD LUECK
PLEAAGREEMENT
W. Stephen Muldrow, Acting United States Anomey for the Middle District
of Florida, and the defendant, RICHARD LUECK, and the attomey for the
A. Panicularized Terms
l. Count Pleading To
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assessment of $100 per felony count. With respect to certain offenses, the
Court shall order the defendant to make restitution to any victim of the
offense(s), and with respect to other offenses, the Court may order the
slavery, and trafiicking in persons; (2) sexual abuse; (3) sexual exploitation
and other abuse ofchildren; (4) transportation for illegal sexual activity; or (5)
elements of the offense with which defendant has been charged and to which
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4. Counts Dismissed
Crim. P. 1l(c)(lXA).
5. No Further Charges
Attomey's Office for the Middle District of Florida agrees not to charge
defendant with committing any other federal criminal offenses known to the
United States Attomey's Office at the time of the execution of this agreement,
restitution to known victims of the offense for the full amount of the victims,
7. Guidelines Sentence
United States has agreed to recommend in this plea agreement. The parties
understand that such a recommendation is not binding on the Court and that,
if it is not accepted by this Court, neither the United States nor the defendant
will be allowed to withdraw from the plea agreement, and the defendant will
the United States will recommend to the Court that the defendant receive a
request is not binding on the Court, and ifnot accepted by the Court, the
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complies with the provisions of USSG 93E1.1(b) and all rerms of this Plea
Agreement, including but not limited to, the timely submission of the financial
afiidavit referenced in Paragraph 8.5., the United States agrees to file a motion
acceptance of responsibility rests solely with the United States Auomey for the
Middle District of Florida, and the defendant agrees that the defendant cannot
and will not challenge that determination, whether by appeal, collateral attack,
or otherwise.
9. Forfeiture of Assets
and voluntarily any and all assets and property, or portions thereof, subject to
limited to, the following: HP desktop computer and intemal Seagate hard
drives, which assets were used in the commission of the offense as described in
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Seagate hard drive; 500 Gigabyte extemal hard drive; and 250 Gigabyte
extemal hard drive, which assets were used to access and store child
pomography.
action. The defendant also agrees to waive all constitutional, statutory and
means) to any fofeiture carried out in accordance with this Plea Agreement on
excessive fine, was not properly noticed in the charging instrument, addressed
The defendant admits and agrees that the conduct described in the
Factual Basis below provides a sufficient factual and statutory basis for the
32.2@)(4), the defendant agrees that the preliminary order of forfeiture will
satist/ the notice requirement and will be final as to the defendant at the time it
is entered. In the event the forfeiture is omitted from the judgment, the
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defendant agtees that the forfeiture order may be incorporated into the written
locate all property subject to forfeiture and to transfer custody ofsuch property
to the United States before the defendant's sentencing. The defendant agrees to
assets and their connection to criminal conduct. The defendant further agrees
States. The defendant agrees that Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 and
USSG 0 1B 1.8 will not protect from forfeiture assets disclosed by the defendant
about forfeitable assets, these steps include, but are not limited to, the surrender
of title, the signing of a consent decree of forfeiture, and signing of any otier
agrees to make a full and complete disclosure of all assets over which defendant
execute any documents requested by the United States to obtain from any other
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parties by lawful means any records of assets owned by the defendant, and to
consent to the release of the defendant's tax returns for the previous five years.
identified for forfeiture cannot be located upon the exercise ofdue diligence; has
been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third parfy; has been placed
beyond the jurisdiction of the Court; has been substantially diminished in value;
or has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided without
difficulty; then the United States shall, at its option, be entitled to forfeirure of
any other property (substitute assets) of the defendant up to the value of any
of any substitute assets sought by the Govemment. The defendant agrees that
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The defendant agrees that, in the event the Court determines that
the defendant has breached this section ofthe Plea Agreement, the defendant
agreement are intended to, and will, survive the defendant, notwithstanding the
until the agreed forfeiture, including any ageed money judgment amount, is
collected in full.
The defendant has been advised and understands, that under the
Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, a federal law, the defendant
must register and keep the registration current in each of the following
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information that includes name, residence address, and the names and
student. The defendant understands that he must update his registrations not
later than three business days after any change of name, residence,
comply with these obligations subjects the defendant to prosecution for failure
or imprisonment, or both.
to or in lieu of any other penalty, shall order the defendant to make restitution
to any victim of the offense, pursuant to l8 U.S.C. S 36634, for all offenses
described in 18 U.S.C. g 3663A(c)(l); and the Court may order the defendant
enters a plea of guilty to such counts, and whether or not such counts are
way precludes the United States from simultaneously pursuing other statutory
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remedies for collecting restitution (18 U.S.C. S 3003(bX2), including, but not
satisfied. On each count to which a plea of guilty is entered, the Court shall
limitation as to fine.
2. Supervised Release
upon release from imprisonment, and that, if the defendant should violate the
from the United States, denied citizenship, and denied admission to the
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4. Sentencinglnformation
The United States reserves its right and obligation to report to the
Court and the United States Probation Office all information conceming the
5. Financial Disclosures
accurate and truthful and will include all assets in which he has any interest or
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States needed to obtain from any third parties any records of assets owned by
Plea Agreement, consents to the release of the defendant's tax retums for the
previous five years. The defendant similarly agrees and authorizes the United
States Attomey's Office to provide to, and obtain from, the United States
Probation Office, the financial affidavit, any of the defendant's federal, state,
and local tax retums, bank records and any other financial information
the Court and for collecting any assessments, fines, restitution, or forfeiture
ordered by the Court. The defendant expressly authorizes the United States
6. SentencingRecommendations
nor bound by this agreement. The Court may accept or reject the agreement,
make recommendations and present .uguments to the Court, the sentence will
be determined solely by the Court, with the assistance of the United States
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govemment are not binding on the Court and that, should any
reserves the right to support and defend any decision that the Court may make
waives the right to appeal defendant's sentence on any ground, including the
ground that the Court erred in determining the applicable guidelines range
pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, except (a) the ground
(b) the ground that the sentence exceeds the statutory maximum penalty; or (c)
the ground that the sentence violates the Eighth Amendment to the
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defendant is released from his waiver and may appeal the sentence as
Office of the United States Attomey for the Middle District of Florida and
cannot bind other federal, state, or local prosecuting authorities, although this
9. Filing of Agreement
in camera, in whole or in part, upon a showing of good cause, and filed in this
cause, at the time of defendant's entry ofa plea of guilty pursuant hereto.
10. Voluntariness
agreement and is pleading guilty freely and voluntarily without reliance upon
any discussions between the attorney for the government and the defendant
and defendant's attomey and without promise of benefit of any kind (other
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defendant is pleading guilty and the elements thereoi including the penalties
and advice received from defendant's undersigned counsel (if any). The
defendant also understands that defendant has the right to plead not guilfy or
to persist in that plea ifit has already been made, and that defendant has the
right to be tried by a jury with the assistance ofcounsel, the right to confront
guilty, defendant waives or gives up those rights and there will be no trial.
The defendant further understands that ifdefendant pleads guilty, the Court
may ask defendant questions about the offense or offenses to which defendant
pleaded, and if defendant answers those questions under oath, on the record,
and in the presence of counsel (if any), defendant's answers may later be used
offenses to which defendant has pleaded and, if any ofsuch offenses are
felonies, may thereby be deprived ofcertain rights, such as the right to vote, to
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The defendant certifies that defendant does hereby admit that the facts set
forth, are true, and were this case to go to trial, the United States would be
able to prove those specific facts and others beyond a reasonable doubt.
FACTS
the anonymous Tor network. The defendant had registered an account on the
site on February 18, 2015, using the alias "Fred Flinstone" and accessed and
downloaded child pomography from the website until March 4, 2015, when
Dell laptop computer, HP desktop computer, and two external hard drives (a
250 GB hard drive and a 500 GB hard drive) were among the digital items that
intewiew, the defendant admitted that he had used his laptop and desktop
computers to obtain child pomography from tlre Intemet. The defendant said
that he masturbated to the images and then deleted them. The defendant said
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that he preferred images depicting females ages nine and up, and stated that he
The defendant said that about six years earlier he started using
Tor, and continued using Tor so that he could view child pomography
without law enforcement detection ofhis IP address. The defendant said that
IIP desklop computer and located over 118 images ofnaked children that the
defendant had obtained from the internet (the files still resided in the cache) in
or about September 2015. Among those images, was an image that the
child sitting on a closed toilet seat with her legs spread and exposing her
vagina. The defendant used the internet to receive this image on August 28,
Iocated a .zip fille that contained approximately 25 images depicting the sexual
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folder onto his hard drive on January 9.2012. That hard drive was
manufactured in China.
holding over 500 gigabytes of data on the intemal hard drives associated with
the HP desktop computer and the extemal hard drives. The examiner found a
spreadsheet that the defendant created listing the contents of some ofthe
encrypted containers along with the volumes where they were mounted. The
pomography.
govemment and the defendant with respect to the aforementioned guilty plea
made to the defendant or defendant's attomey with regard to such guitty plea.
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13. Certification
agreement has been read in its entirety by (or has been read to) the defendant
W. STEPHENMI.IDLROW
Acting United States Attomey
RICHARDLUECK
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. Todd Doss, Esq. ffi
Assistant United States Attomev
Chief. Orlando Division
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