(KAIR)--A Leavenworth man is going to prison after pleading guilty to child pornography-related charges.
According to a release from the office of U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister, 36-year-old Pedro Zamora was sentenced to 10-years in prison on Monday.
He was also ordered to pay $6,500 in restitution.
According to the release, Zamora pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and distribution of child pornography, admitting in his plea that investigators found 127 videos, and 1,900 images, containing child pornography on a computer in his home.
File sharing programs were used to obtain the illegal files.
Zamora told investigators he began searching for such content while he was in middle school.
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