U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs announced today that a Carrollton man has been convicted of federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
43-year-old Eric Victor Henry Blood was found guilty by a jury of three counts of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography following a trial on December 12, 2023.
According to information presented in court, Blood came to the attention of law enforcement when Google reported that his email address had been used to upload images and videos of child pornography onto a cloud storage account.
Homeland Security Investigations special agents served a federal search warrant at Blood’s residence in Carrollton in May 2022, during which Blood admitted to using that Google account. He also ultimately admitted to accessing and possessing child pornography. Agents located child pornography files on multiple electronic devices he owned and possessed.
Blood was charged with three counts of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.
The case proceeded to trial on December 11, 2023 and, at the conclusion, the jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts.
Under federal statutes, Blood faces up to 20 years in federal prison at sentencing. The maximum statutory sentence prescribed by Congress is provided here for information purposes, as the sentencing will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office.
