Volunteer Boy Scout District Commissioner
Faces Child Pornography Charges

May 14, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Joe Scott, Director of Communications
Sandi Gibbons, Public Information Officer
Jane Robison, News Secretary
(213) 974-3525

LOS ANGELES – A volunteer Boy Scout district commissioner was charged today with possession and distribution of child pornography following an investigation launched by a tip by an online service company.

Deputy District Attorney Marc Beaart of the High Tech Crimes Division said Gerald Frederick Curland, 63 (dob 2-28-1945), of Valley Village, is scheduled to appear for arraignment tomorrow in Los Angeles Superior Court Department 30 at the Criminal Justice Center. Curland was arrested yesterday by the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Unit, which investigated the case.

Curland was charged late today in case No. BA340539 with one count each of possession and distribution of child pornography. Bail was recommended at $40,000. If convicted of the two felony counts, he faces a maximum term of three years and eight months in state prison.

The Sheriff’s investigation began last year after American Online Services notified authorities that it had captured one image of child pornography in an E-mail attachment allegedly sent by the defendant.

Evidence seized at the defendant’s home yesterday in connection with a search warrant served by investigators led to the filing of today’s case. The investigation continues as the material seized yesterday is examined by authorities.

Beaart said the defendant is a freelance marketing consultant and a volunteer Boy Scout district commissioner for the Cahuenga District.

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