McHenry Man Sentenced On Federal Child Porn Charges

A McHenry man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on child pornography charges. Following a four-day jury trial in federal court, Michael L. Chaparro, 29, was found guilty on Feb. 2, 2018, of one count of transporting child pornography via the internet, and two counts of accessing child pornography that had crossed state lines, including an image of a prepubescent minor and a minor under 12 years of age, with intent to view the child pornography, according to a news release.

According to the indictment and evidence presented at trial, on Aug. 7, 2014, Chaparro knowingly transported to Pennsylvania and Texas materials depicting one or more actual minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to a news release.

In addition, evidence at trial indicated that Chaparro accessed a smart phone on Nov. 24, 2014, and computer hard drive on July 30, 2013, with intent to view child pornography, knowing that one or more persons depicted in an image involved a prepubescent minor or a minor who had not attained 12 years of age, according to a news release.

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