VENTURA, CA - District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Daniel Dale Givens (DOB 7/29/47), of Camarillo, was sentenced by Judge Kevin McGee to serve 240 days in jail for possessing child pornography. Givens had pleaded guilty to one count of felony possession of child pornography in November 2011. This matter was investigated by the Unites States Department of Homeland Security (ICE), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and forensic examiners assigned to the Southern California High Tech Task Force.

Federal law enforcement authorities gained access to the records of a webmaster that trafficked in child pornography based out of Italy. Seized records showed that Givens had purchased child pornography videos. Undercover officers contacted Givens, who expressed a desire to buy more child pornography videos. In 2009, ICE agents interviewed Givens at his home in Camarillo. Givens allowed the agents access to his computers. Subsequent forensic examination revealed that Givens possessed more than 1,000 images of child pornography. He was also exploring the possibility of foreign travel to meet underage girls.

In addition to the jail sentence, Givens was ordered to attend sexual offender counseling and to register as a sexual offender.