Porter Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing And Sharing Child Porn

HOUSTON – A 45-year old Porter man who has been required to register as a sex offender in Harris County since 1997, was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

District Judge Alfred Bennett sentenced Eric Furzland on April 12 to hard time, which will include 20 years of supervised release, restrictions from internet access, and required once again to register as a sex offender when his lengthy prison term expires.

Furzland, who was convicted on three federal charges to include distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, pleaded guilty Oct. 12, 2017.

Authorities believed Furzland was uploading and storing child pornography into a virtual storage account.

He had been using a variety of online applications to chat with others about child pornography and trade materials.

He later posted such materials to a cloud storage service and made the link to his account available to at least one other person.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at his residence last year, and seized computer media and cellular phones.

Forensic analysis of the phone, computer media and virtual storage accounts revealed 300 child pornography images and 2000 child pornography videos.

At a detention hearing held shortly after his arrest in April 2017, Furzland was found to be a flight risk and danger to the community.

He has been in custody since that time where he will remain pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

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