Illegal alien in Abbeville pleads guilty to child pornography charge
May 17, 2018
An illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty Wednesday to using his phone and an online account to acquire and possess child pornography.
Paul Armenta-Bojorquez, 33, of Mexico, but who resides in Abbeville, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carol Whitehurst to one count of possession of child pornography. The plea will become final when accepted by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. According to the guilty plea, law enforcement agents interviewed Armenta-Bojorquez on November 13, 2017 regarding possession of child pornography.
He told agents that he received the child pornography through his phone and then transferred it onto an online account. Law enforcement agents reviewed the material found on the online account, and it contained child pornography. Some of the material
was of children who were younger than 12.
Armenta-Bojorquez faces up to 20 years in prison, five years to life of supervised release, mandatory registration as a sex offender and up to a $250,000 fine. The court set sentencing for August 22.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. Department of Justice nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Louisiana Attorney General’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation Cyber Crime Unit conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dominic Rossetti is prosecuting the case.
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