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> > > 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
> > >
> > > Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office has issued this news
> > > release:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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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