A Richmondville man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.
Angel M. Gomez, 28, was sentenced Friday to 151 months in prison for receiving, distributing, and possessing thousands of video and image files of child pornography, according to a press release from the United States Department of Justice.
As part of his previously entered guilty plea, Gomez admitted to using a peer-to-peer file sharing program to download more than 13,000 still images and 2,400 videos from the internet, which he then saved to electronic devices.
In addition, he admitted that he allowed others to download child pornography from him via the peer-to-peer network.
In addition to the term of imprisonment, Chief United States District Judge Glenn Suddaby imposed a 15-year term of supervised release, beginning after Gomez is released from prison.
The court also ordered Gomez to pay $18,000 in restitution to victims whose abuse was depicted in his files.
The investigation was conducted by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette Bacon and Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations, along with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which includes members of the New York State Police.
It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Emily Powers as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse.