N.O.-area men sentenced in child-porn convictions
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NEW ORLEANS — Two New Orleans-area men were sentenced this week to federal prison time on child pornography convictions in separate cases brought under a nationwide effort to combat child sexual exploitation, prosecutors said Thursday.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon sentenced Agegnehu Tsega, 32, of Slidell, to 39 months in prison followed by a life term of supervised release, prosecutors said.
Tsega pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to possession of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Tsega had approximately 9,000 images and video depicting the sexual victimization of children, prosecutors said.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk sentenced Terence Rhodes, 66, of Metairie, to 78 months in prison followed by a life term of supervised release, prosecutors said.
Africk ordered that Rhodes is not to have unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18, cannot use a computer or the Internet and must give a DNA sample, prosecutors said.
Rhodes pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to possession of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Rhodes was in possession of approximately 5,900 images depicting the sexual victimization of children at his home in Metairie, prosecutors said.
Tsega, who is from Ethiopia, will be deported from the United States once he is released from prison.
Project Safe Childhood combines the efforts of U.S. attorneys’ offices and other federal, state and local resources to catch people who exploit children via the Internet, prosecutors said in a statement Thursday.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon sentenced Agegnehu Tsega, 32, of Slidell, to 39 months in prison followed by a life term of supervised release, prosecutors said.
Tsega pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to possession of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Tsega had approximately 9,000 images and video depicting the sexual victimization of children, prosecutors said.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk sentenced Terence Rhodes, 66, of Metairie, to 78 months in prison followed by a life term of supervised release, prosecutors said.
Africk ordered that Rhodes is not to have unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18, cannot use a computer or the Internet and must give a DNA sample, prosecutors said.
Rhodes pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to possession of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Rhodes was in possession of approximately 5,900 images depicting the sexual victimization of children at his home in Metairie, prosecutors said.
Tsega, who is from Ethiopia, will be deported from the United States once he is released from prison.
Project Safe Childhood combines the efforts of U.S. attorneys’ offices and other federal, state and local resources to catch people who exploit children via the Internet, prosecutors said in a statement Thursday.
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