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Clarksburg, WV man sentenced to 20 years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Christopher Anthony Castillo, 32, of Clarksburg, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison after he admitted to receiving and distributing child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Castillo repeatedly received and distributed a variety of sexually explicit images depicting minor victims. He pled guilty in November 2015 to one count of “Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the West Virginia State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the Clarksburg, West Virginia Police Department investigated.
 
U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.

Updated May 2, 2016