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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A pediatric doctor at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has been freed on bond as he faces charges of receipt and possession of child pornography.
Dr. Dennis Patrick Hughes was freed on $50,000 bond Wednesday night following a detention hearing in Galveston.
The FBI on Friday raided the 49-year-old physician's home in Pearland as part of an international investigation. Court documents indicate agents recovered thousands of child porn images from the doctor's personal computer devices.
His attorney says Hughes will plead not guilty.
Hughes, if convicted, faces up to 20 years in prison for possession of child pornography. The receipt of child porn charge carries a penalty of up to five years.
The doctor has been put on paid leave by M.D. Anderson.
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