WASHINGTON - James M. Tanksley, 52, office manager and instructor at Drive Zone in Greenwood, pleaded guilty today to two counts of receipt
of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 80
months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A.
Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana Timothy M. Morrison.
Tanksley, a resident of Indianapolis, was also sentenced today by U.S. District Court
Judge Sarah Evans Barker to lifetime supervised release following completion of his prison term.
During todays plea and sentencing hearing before Judge Barker, Tanksley admitted to
being a member of two Internet-based bulletin board groups dedicated to the trading of child
pornography. The groups, comprised of members from around the world, could only be
accessed using a unique username and password. The groups had very detailed rules for
behavior, including requiring all members to post only pornographic images or videos depicting
minors under the age of 18. Members were also required to post their images or videos in preestablished
categories based on the type of material, such as hardcore videos or individual
images of girls aged 0-6.
He used drive Zone computers to disseminate porn as well.
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