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ST. GEORGE — A local man who admitted to possessing dozens of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children appeared in federal court for sentencing on Wednesday.
The defendant, James Edgar Conner, 42, of St. George, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on one felony count of receipt of child pornography, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah.
During the hearing, U.S. District Judge David Nuffer sentenced Conner to serve 78 months in federal prison, followed by 15 years of post-prison supervision.
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St. George man had suspected child porn, a hidden camera, child sex doll, police say
A southern Utah man has been arrested and accused of possessing child pornography, setting up a hidden camera in his bathroom and having a child sex doll.The investigation began in May 2022 by the St. George Police Department after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received information through its Cyber Tip Line regarding nine images depicting the sexual abuse of children. The same subscriber uploaded the images beginning at the end of March.
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