A Jamestown man has been charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 25 years in prison and a maximum of 50 years. U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Thursday that Timothy Douglas, 63, is facing the charges.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Rudroff, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on Aug. 12, a customer at a grocery store in Jamestown found a blue Moxee phone sitting on a table in the entryway to the store and turned it over to a store employee, who took it to the security office. The employee unlocked the phone, noticed that the photo gallery was open, and observed a naked photo of a juvenile female, approximately 5 to 6 years old.

The employee decided to wait until the next day to contact the store’s general manager. The next day another employee saw the phone in the security office, unlocked it, observed another photo of a naked minor female, and called the Jamestown Police. Subsequently, investigators executed a search warrant on the phone and recovered images and videos of child pornography, and traced the phone to Douglas, a New York State Registered Sex Offender. Douglas was convicted in 2003 of multiple child sexual abuse charges. A total of three minor victims have been identified.

The complaint is the result of an investigation by the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Chief Timothy Jackson and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.