Dumb criminal of the month, child pornographer
June 24, 2011
Our dumb criminal of the month award goes to a 31-year-old man who disclosed on his application to become a California Highway Patrol officer that he viewed child pornography on the Internet.
As a result, CHP officials launched an investigation and searched Christian Hernandez’s home. On his computer investigators discovered “an extensive collection of child pornography depicting minors being raped by adult men,” according to briefs filed by prosecutors.
Investigators also found images of Hernandez molesting a 5-year-old girl. Officials said Hernandez molested the girl for more than a year.
Hernandez “has no shame regarding his conduct, instead, he bragged about his conduct on a job application to the CHP,” prosecutors said in court papers.
On Wednesday, Hernandez was sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child porn, ordered to stay on supervised release for the remainder of his life if released and ordered to pay the victim more than $71,000 for counseling.
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