Deming man sentenced to over 13 years for having 90,000 files of child sexual abuse material

A man from Deming, Washington, was sentenced to 160 months in prison for having child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to a release from the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Robert J. Howell Jr., 47, was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle after a judge said that the ruling was influenced by the quantity and violent nature of the material.

The investigation began in late 2019 when a foreign police organization alerted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that an IP address connected to Howell Jr.’s home accessed a website containing child sexual abuse material, the DOJ release said.

On September 15, 2020, federal agents seized several dozen electronic devices from Howell’s home, according to prosecutors.

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