Man sentenced to prison after investigators found hundreds of files containing child porn 

IDAHO FALLS — A 27-year-old Idaho Falls man has been sentenced to situation aft he was successful possession of kid pornography. 

On Wednesday, Elias Daniel Medina was sentenced to 15 years successful situation pinch 2 years fixed and 13 years indeterminate by Bonneville County District Judge Bruce Pickett. 

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Medina was primitively charged pinch 5 felony counts of distribution of kid sexually exploitative worldly and 5 felony counts of possession of kid sexually exploitative material, according to tribunal records. Medina pleaded blameworthy to 2 charges and took a plea agreement.

When Medina is released, he will person to registry arsenic a activity offender.

“I’m grateful for nan partnerships that person been built crossed nan authorities and nan consciousness raised successful our communities, and for nan judges who return these crimes earnestly erstwhile determining sentences,” Attorney General Raúl Labrador said successful a news release. “Our ICAC investigators and prosecutors activity difficult to support predators disconnected nan streets and to present justness for these tragically young victims.”

Background

Last twelvemonth successful October, nan Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit received aggregate tips indicating that videos and pictures containing kid pornography were successful accounts belonging to Medina, including Snapchat. 

Investigators recovered hundreds of files. There were young girls ranging from astir 3 to 13 years old. Many of nan files depicted nan kids engaged successful activity acts pinch big men. 

They besides recovered Medina was distributing nan files to different net users.