SPRINGFIELD — a town guy whoever computer held a huge selection of pictures of rape, bondage and torture of young girls was sentenced to 10 years in national prison on Tuesday.
A pre-sentencing memo by Assistant U.S. lawyer Steven H. Breslow says Lorenz posed under various mail details suggesting he had been a, feminine cheerleader and a childhood soccer player as a ruse to meet other people on the internet and trade imagery.
"The defendant's collection included a lot of kid pornography including 800 video clip data, " Breslow typed, before supplying U.S. District Judge William G. Young with a listing of video data with intimately intense file brands.
Lorenz additionally produced fake social media marketing profiles when you look at the photos of a new girl, telling investigators he had arranged to meet with minors he involved internet based but never ever experienced with-it.
"(Lorenz) ended up being sexually attracted to girls, 'struggled day-after-day' to not upset; and desired to get help because he lacked determination, " Breslow stated in his memo, quoting the defendant's interview with an FBI representative.
Lorenz's collection included 41 "understood victims, " meaning girls whom reported being intimately abused and photographed or taped, but already been signed up as victims in intercontinental databases of exploited kids.
Lorenz encountered 48 to 121 months under a plea deal with prosecutors. Teenage sentenced him into high end regarding the guidelines. He previously been held behind taverns pending test since his arrest nearly 2 yrs ago.
Defense lawyer Joseph A. Franco said Lorenz appears toward getting treatment in jail.
"these kinds of situations will always burdensome for the courtroom to determine, " Franco said following the sentencing hearing. "He had a minimal criminal background in which he's eager and prepared to be definitely engaged in counseling."
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