Crime Voice Staff Report

SACRAMENTO — A Citrus Heights man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for possessing and transporting child pornography across several states.

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For two days last week, law enforcement officers in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, El Dorado and Placer counties were busy conducting a child predator sweep.

The operation, code named Operation TRAPS, targeted child predators and pornographers and was in support of the FBI’s Innocent Images National Initiative, a program designed to reduce the sexual exploitation and abuse of children over the Internet.

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SACRAMENTO — A former Sacramento sheriff’s lieutenant was sentenced Tuesday to 52 months in federal prison.

Mark Kessell, 51, of Sacramento, had previously pled guilty to one count of possessing child pornography in July.

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FRESNO — A former Kern County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Thursday, following a July guilty plea to one count of possessing child pornography.

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SACRAMENTO — United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown announced Thursday that a federal grand jury indicted Thomas Hart, 48, of Magalia, for possession of child pornography.  Read the full story