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Michael Brandan Griffith pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing child pornography.

Brandon Lee Stockburger was sentenced Monday in federal court to nine and a half years in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.

Conrad Gallant, 61, previously of Winchendon, Mass., and most recently of Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Under the terms of the plea agreement, the court must sentence Gallant to between 60 and 168 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release, restitution and forfeiture. Sentencing is scheduled for June 26, 2013.

Wei Qin, 23, of Philadelphia, was charged with one count each of transportation and possession of child pornography. If convicted, Qin faces up to 30 years in federal prison.

Derek M. Schwartzrock, 34, a northeast heights Christian church minister, received and possessed visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to a criminal complaint.

Robert Fenn, a special education teacher at Poplar Tree Elementary School in Chantilly prior to his arrest on related state charges in June 2012, was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of receiving and possessing child pornography.

Enrique Pagan, 63, of Ponce; Francisco Aguirre-Sanabria, 45, of Guaynabo; Eric Remigio-Nieves, 35, of Toa Alta; and Edwin Ramon Cabrera-Rivera, 25, of Barranquitas, were arrested at their places of residence Thursday on child pornography-related charges and will have their initial hearing before US Magistrate Judge Camille Velez-Rive.

Ramy Ahmed, 30, of Allentown, Pa., was charged with committing the offense, believing he was communicating with a man who was offering his 8-year-old daughter for sex. In reality, Ahmed was in touch with HSI special agents, who arrested him April 2 when he traveled to Cherry Hill, N.J.

Robert E. Eldridge was sentenced Wednesday to 180 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release for receipt and possession of child pornography following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bay County Sheriff's Office.

Narendra Tulsiram pleaded guilty Monday to sexually exploiting a child, transporting child pornography and possessing child pornography. From 2006 through September 2011, Tulsiram sexually abused a female minor, the victim.

John Nutt of Asbury Park, N.J., was sentenced April 1 for distributing images of child sexual abuse. The sentence is the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Ronald Brown, 57, of Largo, Fla., pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of receipt of child pornography, March 25. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each possession count and between five and 20 years in federal prison for each receipt offense.

Hector Capetillo Rodriguez from Edinburg, Texas was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for enticing a minor following an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Port Arthur and Port Neches police departments.

Sean Ian Rose, age 32, of Calgary, has been charged with two counts of luring, and one count each of extortion, making, possessing and accessing child pornography. Rose was arrested at his residence in southeast Calgary March 28 without incident.

James Brown pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing more than 600 images of child pornography on his laptop following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the assistance of the FBI.

Thomas Cramer of Brighton, N.Y., pleaded guilty March 27 to sex trafficking of minors as the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New York State Police and Greece (N.Y.) Police Department.

A previously convicted sex offender from Delaware, Scott Odham, was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday. From 2010 through April 2011, Odham sent repeated and frequent Facebook and MySpace messages, some of which were sexually explicit, to more than 50 high school and middle school females who lived in the western Maryland area.

Jeremy Joseph Box, 29, of Hazleton City, Pa., was charged by a federal grand jury with allegedly committing the offenses between 2011 and 2013. Box was taken into custody Dec. 6, 2012, on related state charges.

Armando Rodriguez Rodriguez, 42, was charged with enticing and inducing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct.

Robert Lee Raeder Jr. of Tamaqua, Pa., was charged Tuesday with producing and possessing child pornography between January 2001 and December 2012.

Joseph Martin Glass was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography as the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Christopher Aubrey Harlan pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to one count of receiving child pornography.

Arthur James Chappell was sentenced to 336 months in federal prison. The evidence presented at trial proved that from August 2006 through July 2007, Chappell ran a multi-state prostitution ring. In the summer of 2007, he recruited two girls under the age of 18 to engage in commercial sex acts as part of his illegal business.

Christopher Garcia, 34, of Clovis, N.M., must also register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.

U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings ordered that Miles Robert Flinn, 26, formerly of Lubbock, Texas, who presently resides in Bradenton, Fla., surrender to the Bureau of Prisons April 26.