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> bobandcarole wrote:
>> jjmllksdjjfff wrote:
>> > Home > The Blotter > Archives > 2006 > July > 07 > Entry
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>> > Man who used iPod to store kiddie porn gets maximum sentence
>> > Friday, July 7, 2006, 11:13 AM
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>> > Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office has issued this news
>> > release:
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>> > Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today announced his Cyber Crimes
>> > Unit prosecutors obtained the maximum prison sentence against a San
>> > Marcos man in the first child pornography case handled by the Texas
>> > Attorney General's Cyber Crimes Unit involving an offender who stored
>> > sexually explicit images and videos of children on his iPod.
>> >
>> > Ron James Guzman, 39, of San Marcos, pled guilty in Hays County on
>> > Thursday to nine counts of possession of child pornography and six
>> > counts of promotion of child pornography, which included lewd videos
>> > of children stored on a portable digital video player. He received the
>> > maximum 10-year prison sentence on the possession charge and maximum
>> > 20-year prison sentence on the promotion charge.
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>> > Guzman also pled guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual assault of
>> > a child and one count of indecency with a child in a separate plea
>> > agreement reached with the Hays County District Attorney's Office for
>> > a separate offense. The sentences in the two cases will run
>> > concurrently for a total prison term of 40 years.
>> >
>> > "Innovative technology has made electronic recordings and photographs
>> > more portable and accessible," Attorney General Abbott said.
>> > "Unfortunately, sexual predators are taking advantage of these new
>> > developments in order to exploit children. I thank Hays County
>> > District Attorney Michael Wenk for working with us to obtain a tough
>> > sentence for this offender and making Texas communities safer for all
>> > children and families."
>> >
>> > Attorney General investigators executed a search warrant at Guzman's
>> > San Marcos home in April 2005 after a tip from the National Center for
>> > Missing and Exploited Children that he was posting sexually explicit
>> > images of children online. Forensic exams of external media and an
>> > iPod confiscated from Guzman revealed several images and videos of
>> > children engaged in sexual conduct.
>> >
>> > Guzman was arrested by Attorney General investigators on Jan. 11 in
>> > connection with the child pornography investigation. San Marcos police
>> > also arrested Guzman for aggravated sexual assault of a child and
>> > indecency with a child in a separate case.
>> >
>> > At the time of the Attorney General's investigation, Guzman indicated
>> > he was attending classes at Texas State University in San Marcos.
>> >
>> > Promotion of child pornography is a second-degree felony punishable by
>> > up to 20 years in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Possession
>> > is a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in state prison
>> > and a fine of up to $10,000.
>> >
>> > Attorney General Abbott has made pursuing sexual predators a top
>> > priority in his administration. He created a Cyber Crimes Unit, which
>> > targets online predators, and a Fugitive Unit, which locates convicted
>> > child sex offenders who have violated the terms of their parole and
>> > could be stalking children, have combined for over 450 arrests of such
>> > offenders since Abbott took office in December 2002. His office also
>> > has obtained convictions against 44 men on child pornography charges.
>> >
>> > To find out more about Attorney General Abbott's efforts to crack down
>> > on sexual predators, visit the Attorney General's Web site at
>> > www.oag.state.tx.us or call (800) 252-8011.
>> >
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He should have been castrated first.
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