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Sentencing delayed for man who possessed child pornography

by City News Service • January 3, 2019

LOS ANGELES – A sentencing hearing has been delayed for a Los Angeles County man who admitted to possessing thousands of images and videos of child pornography that including some depicting children under the age of 2.

Richard Celestino of Green Valley, a community on the eastern edge of the Antelope Valley, pleaded guilty in July to possession of child pornography, admitting that he used a peer-to-peer file-sharing network to distribute and possess more than 8,000 illicit images and videos.

U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson granted a one-day delay in sentencing Celestino to allow attorneys to review some of the conditions of the 48-year-old defendant’s post-prison supervision.

Prosecutors are recommending that Anderson sentence Celestino to six years behind bars, followed by federal supervision for the rest of his life. The government also requests that the defendant be ordered to pay a $5,000 special assessment pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, plus restitution in an amount to be determined at a later hearing.

Celestino’s defense attorney wants a three-year federal prison term, followed by lifetime supervision.

“The children depicted in these images and videos are real children,” prosecutors wrote in court papers, although it is not alleged that the defendant had any personal contact with any of them.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

7 comments for "Sentencing delayed for man who possessed child pornography"

  1. Alexis says

    January 4, 2019 at 7:56 am

    Richard Celestino admits to distributing and possessing child pornography. Many children being abused are under the age of two. Stupid, self-centered people in the A.V. that have nothing better to do than make this about their own stunted mind-set, (political agenda). This is trafficking of children being exploited by adults.

  2. Prison Sentence says

    January 4, 2019 at 12:03 am

    The guy deserves the maximum sentence.

  3. Wayne Haster says

    January 3, 2019 at 4:33 pm

    ACCORDING TO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE THIS CREEPY DUDE IS A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN THAT VOTED FOR TRUMP AND SUPPORTED CHILD MOLESTER ROY MOORE.

    • Raymond Shadow says

      January 3, 2019 at 8:37 pm

      Friends of local AV Republican Log cabin members Drew and George who will step out this year word is.

      • Loastradamus says

        January 4, 2019 at 9:12 am

        I have predicted such an occurrence.

      • Alexis says

        January 4, 2019 at 9:47 am

        This is about child trafficking in porn. Many are babies, so all commenters that continue to make everything about politics, I sincerely hope you can someday, learn outward concern for others being abused.

  4. Alby says

    January 3, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    You are one sick [removed].

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