A 32-year-old Port Townsend man has been charged with producing images of child sexual abuse according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. The defendant, Matan Liyor …
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A 32-year-old Port Townsend man has been charged with producing images of child sexual abuse according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. The defendant, Matan Liyor Goodman, was indicted Jan. 17 and is scheduled to be arraigned in the U.S. District Court in Tacoma this week.
Goodman has been in custody since his arrest in October 2023.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the investigation began with a report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that a user of Kik Messenger had uploaded suspected images of child sexual abuse. Review of the computer records indicated the person uploading the images resided in Western Washington. The information was forwarded to the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force at the Seattle Police Department.
An agent with Homeland Security Investigations connected the computer information with Goodman at an address in Port Townsend. Further investigation revealed that Goodman is a registered sex offender due to convictions in California.
Law enforcement obtained a warrant to search Goodman’s home and person, including any electronic devices belonging to him. Following the search in October 2023, Goodman was taken into federal custody.
The mandatory minimum for the offense is 15 years. Due to his prior convictions, Goodman potentially faces a mandatory minimum 25 years in prison if convicted.
The case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations with assistance from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Victoria Cantore and Matthew Hampton.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.justice.gov/psc
