LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Federal authorities say a man from Dix has
been given five years in prison for receiving child pornography.
A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says 28-year-old Richard Marks pleaded guilty in December.
At his sentencing on Friday, Marks also was ordered to serve five
years of supervised release after his five years behind bars.
Gilg’s office says that in 2008, Nebraska State Patrol
investigators were monitoring file-sharing software that allows
people to download child pornography. The investigators were able
to pinpoint Marks’ computers by verifying his Internet protocol
address.
After serving a warrant on Marks’ home in Dix, investigators
found more than 100 digital images and 25 videos of child
pornography on his computers.