North Texas Pastor Sentenced in Child Porn Case

DALLAS (AP) _ A former North Texas pastor who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges after images were found on his church computer has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas said Tuesday that Steve Richardson was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay.

The former pastor of First United Methodist Church in Royse City pleaded guilty in March to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

Prosecutors say Richardson, 36, admitted having more than 600 child porn images. They say he sent a sexually explicit image of a child to an undercover federal agent in Seattle and requested comparable images.

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