PDF: Salles indictment
Gary Salles thanked his captors for “saving his life” before he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for transporting child pornography and methamphetamine across state lines.
“I just want to apologize to anyone I’ve hurt and to all members of law enforcement,” Mr. Salles said Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chattanooga. “I thank them for arresting me and for saving my life.”
U.S. District Judge Harry S. “Sandy” Mattice gave Mr. Salles permission to speak after a 90-minute hearing in which his defense asked that his sentence be lessened and prosecutors asked that it be lengthened.
Judge Mattice concluded Mr. Salles’ sentence was justified considering the nature of his crimes.