Two Yolo County men were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Sacramento for child pornography offenses, authorities said.
The grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Steven R. Russell, 62, of Woodland with possession of child pornography, according to an U.S. Department of Justice news release. Russell was released from prison a year ago after a prior conviction for possession of child pornography, the release states.
The indictment alleges that in December 2010, he was found to be using the Internet to download pornography, despite conditions of release that prohibited him from doing so.
The case resulted from an investigation by the Yolo County District Attorney's Office.
The grand jury also returned a two-county indictment charging Alexander N. Norris, 22, of Davis with child pornography offenses, the release states.
The indictment alleges that Norris used file-sharing software on the Internet between December 2010 and April of this year to allow child pornography to be shared and downloaded, the release states.
According to court documents, agents learned that an individual had hacked into a neighbor's wireless Internet connection. The computer was traced to Norris, and he was arrested April 12.
He was released on conditions limiting his access to children.
Norris is to be arraigned Monday before Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan.
The case resulted from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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