Marine to plead guilty in child-porn case

Marine to plead guilty in child-porn case
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Mar 9, 2008 15:59:46 EDT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — A San Diego-based Marine will plead guilty in federal court to charges of possessing child pornography he obtained by e-mail.

According to papers filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court’s Southern District, Daniel Joseph Tarchala will plead guilty in the case prompted by an investigation by the FBI’s “cyber squad.”

Tarchala, 26, is scheduled to appear May 27 before District Court Judge Marilyn Huff at San Diego’s downtown courthouse.

Tarchala was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and living in nearby El Cajon, Calif., when FBI and Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents first questioned him in October about child pornography he allegedly received from a Philadelphia-area man being investigated by the FBI, according to court documents. He is still on active duty with Marine Aircraft Group 11, but is “being processed out” of the Marine Corps, according to a Miramar spokesman. His rank was not immediately available.

Agents said they tracked Tarchala through his AOL e-mail account, with information the Internet company provided under subpoena for the user name “tarchusmc81,” which the FBI contends was the instant message account allegedly used to send the Philadelphia man pornographic photos and videos.


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This loser
The You Tube video
The rape allegations in Japan (My apologies if it wasn't a Marine -- I think it was)

on edit:
Which is unfortunate.I was in the Army and worked with a few Marines and they were great guys.

These guys are obviously not indicative of the Corp

But it doesn't help their reputation