Nathaniel James LaPolla was arrested by the FBI yesterday on a confidential federal warrant for UST18SEC2252. It is a three day holiday weekend and it is a confidential warrant; still I have reached out to the FBI San Francisco contact who has previously responded to me about Humboldt County.
Ms. Pollan responded, "We are not providing comment at this time, however, there may be related publicly available documents via PACER." She confirmed that 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(4)(B) & (b)(2) Possession of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct.
LaPolla has one Humboldt Superior Court 2022 traffic case which was dismissed after proof of correction and one conviction in a 2017 traffic case.
"UST18SEC2252 is a shortened reference to 18 U.S. Code § 2252, which prohibits certain activities related to the sexual exploitation of minors. The full legal citation is 18 U.S.C. § 2252, and it covers the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography. " This is from Google.
More information about the local reference to Humboldt County Juvenile Probation Officer Keith Wallace in 2015.
Wallace's conviction for child pornography but I have yet to find the original arrest record and verify if it is the exact same code. Maybe if other media in California who reported on the arrest at the time provided better details, I would not have to waste hours looking up basic information. This is why I provide detailed documentation of arrests and court on my blog and I have a lot of cases to post on and update to chase down more on Wallace.
You can read the ICE press release from 2015 as well as the first page of restitution order.
ICE press release on Wallace (June 24, 2015):
A former Humboldt County juvenile corrections officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of child pornography, following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office.
Keith Monroe Wallace, 53, of Eureka, entered his plea in federal court. Prior to his arrest Feb. 26, Wallace was employed by the Humboldt County Juvenile Probation Office as a supervising juvenile corrections officer at the Northern California Regional Facility in Eureka. In connection with his guilty plea, Wallace admitted he knowingly possessed 600 or more images of prepubescent minors or minors under 12 engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The images included depictions of sadistic or masochistic conduct and other depictions of violence.
According to court documents, HSI special agents began investigating Wallace as part of a probe into the sexual exploitation of children in northern California. On Feb. 26, HSI special agents executed a federal search warrant at Wallace’s Eureka residence and took the defendant into custody. During that enforcement action, HSI special agents and investigators with the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office seized various computers and digital media storage devices. A forensic review of those devices and digital media revealed videos and images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Wallace was indicted by a federal grand jury March 10 on one count of possession of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to that charge. Wallace, who is currently in federal custody, will be sentenced Sept. 9. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Claudia A. Quiroz is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Marina Ponomarchuk.
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