Update: Judge sentences Paso Robles man for child pornography
On Thursday, United States District Judge Fernando M. Olguin in Los Angeles sentenced Stephen Mullen, 42, of Paso Robles to five years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $24,000 in restitution.
Mullen pleaded guilty in March 2022 to one count of distribution of child pornography.
Original story Dec. 6, 2019:
FBI arrests Paso Robles man for child pornography
– A Paso Robles man was arrested this week and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.
Stephen Mullen, 38, of Paso Robles was arraigned on the charges Wednesday in US District Court, for the Central District of Calif. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. He was released on a $20,000 bond.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Mullen at about 7 a.m. Wednesday at a business near the Paso Robles Airport.
The arrest follows an October 2019 indictment that says:
On or about October 7, 2018, in San Luis Obispo County, defendant STEPHEN MULLEN, also known as “moleone5680,” knowingly distributed, through Kik Messenger, an instant messaging software application, child pornography, as defined in U.S. Code. The child pornography that the defendant MULLEN distributed over Kik Messenger was a video depicting an adult man with an infant-aged girl.
Mullen’s trial date is set for Jan. 28, 2020.
Mullen is reportedly unmarried and lives with his mother, people describe him as quiet, according to a source. He is described as brown-haired with glasses. The FBI would not release a booking photo, citing federal privacy policy.
Multiple sources, including a former co-worker at Applied Technologies, confirm the image above, from a LinkedIn profile, is the Stephen Mullen arrested on Wednesday.
Mullen’s LinkedIn profile, with a photo of him in a US Air Force uniform, describes him as working 17 years in aircraft electrical and environmental systems.