Ohio man pleads guilty after police find more than 19,000 files of child pornography

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Ohio man pleads guilty after police find more than 19,000 files of child pornography

2011-05-10 05:35:45 GMT+7 (ICT)

CINCINNATI (BNO NEWS) -- An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to two child pornography charges after police found more than 19,000 files of child porn on his computer, prosecutors said on Monday.

Michael Lewis Bohannon, 52, of Cincinnati, was caught in December when an investigator with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Regional Electronics Computer Investigations (RECI) task force was patrolling the internet and connected with Bohannon through a peer-to-peer file-sharing service.

The RECI investigator located, through the service, 41 files on Bohannon's computer which were likely child pornography. He then compared them with a list of known child pornography files which are maintained in a database by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Investigators obtained a search warrant for Bohannon's home in January and seized one computer. Forensic examination of the computer uncovered more than 13,000 images and 6,000 videos of child pornography. Agents then arrested Bohannon, who has remained in custody.

Bohannon was previously convicted of possession of child pornography in 2005 and served 40 months in prison. Because of his prior conviction, he faces at least 15 years in prison, although the plea agreement contains a recommended sentence of 210 months (17.5 years) in prison.

Senior U.S. District Judge Sandra S. Beckwith will review the plea agreement and decide whether or not to accept the agreed-to sentence.

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