jxhgkllkm wrote:
> Waco man gets 10-year sentence for possessing child porn
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> Saturday, October 07, 2006
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> Darrell Vendetti, a 53-year-old Waco man, was sentenced by U.S.
> District Judge Walter Smith to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after
> being convicted of possessing more than 1,000 images of child
> pornography.
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> According to Vendetti's arrest warrant affidavit, filed by Det. Scott
> Holt of the Waco Police Department, Vendetti took his computer's hard
> drive to a store for repair in August 2005.
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> A repair specialist at the store contacted Waco police after finding
> the child pornography on Vendetti's computer, Holt said in the
> affidavit.
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> The illegal images "depicted young children in erotic positions and
> engaged in sexual conduct," the affidavit states.
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> After being alerted to the crime, Holt obtained a search warrant and
> found more than 1,000 of the illegal images on Vendetti's computer.
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> Waco Police Department spokesman Steve Anderson said that Vendetti was
> arrested on Oct. 5, 2005, without incident at his Waco home.
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> Following his arrest, Vendetti commented to Holt "that he did not
> realize just looking at and downloading child pornography was
> illegal," according to the affidavit.
10 years is acceptable but 20 would be better.
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