Ex- Austin Police Detective Gets 10 Years For Child Porn
Steven Kreytak writes in The Austin American-Statesman:
A former Austin police detective who admitted to collecting and e-mailing hundreds of digital images of children engaged in sex acts with each other and with adults was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today.
Lance McConnell, 34, who had been free on bond, cried before he was taken into custody by U.S. marshals deputies. Under the federal system — in which there is no parole but there is a chance to get credit for good behavior — McConnell will serve a minimum of 8 1/2 years in prison.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to send him outside of Texas to do his time "for his own protection," a probation officer told the court. Prison officials generally consider former police officers and those who commit crimes against children to have a high risk of being assaulted by other inmates.
posted by Fergie @ 12/09/2005 01:19:00 PM
2 Comments:
Okay, so why are they trying to protect him again?
Good question.
I guess they don't want a dead ex-cop on their hands, which is quite possible for pedophiles (and ex-cops) in prison, I hear.
- ferg
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