69-Year-Old Registered Sex Offender Charged with Possessing AI-Generated Child Abuse Images

A 69-year-old Hillsboro resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing images depicting the sexual abuse of children. Daniel Bostwick faces a charge of possession of obscene visual representations of child sex abuse, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon. This is not his first run-in with the law; he was previously convicted of first-degree sexual abuse and was on parole at the time of this latest incident.

Bostwick’s devices were subject to monitoring as part of his parole conditions. However, authorities claim they found dozens of images depicting child sex abuse on his phone and a thumb drive in April. These images appeared to have been generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The discovery was made during a search of Bostwick’s device.

The FBI is working with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to investigate this case. Bostwick pleaded not guilty to the charges at his arraignment on Thursday and has been ordered detained pending a three-day jury trial, which is set to start on September 22. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum ten-year prison sentence and up to 20 years in total, along with a supervised release of five years to life and a $250,000 fine.