Posted on 06/19/2004 5:44:00 AM PDT by Theodore R.
Story last updated at 5:39 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2004 Confessed child pornographer sentenced to prison
Two drug dealers and a man who possessed child pornography were sentenced Friday in Lubbock federal court.
Charles Neel Alexander, 52, of Galveston previously pleaded guilty to interstate transport of child pornography. Prosecutors dismissed 15 additional charges.
U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings sentenced Alexander to seven years and three months in prison, and imposed a $2,000 fine.
A Department of Public Safety trooper stopped Alexander on Dec. 21 in Yoakum County. When the trooper searched Alexander's truck, he found a small amount of marijuana, four pairs of young girls' underwear and numerous images of child pornography, according to court records.
Alexander had superimposed the face of a child he knows into one picture. He took the underwear from a friend's 10-year-old daughter, reports said.
James Robert Hawkins, 38, of Lubbock received 171/2 years in prison for selling cocaine. Hawkins' co-defendant, Jamaar Robinson of Lubbock, was sentenced last week to 27 years and three months.
The men worked together to obtain and resell crack cocaine, according to court documents. On three occasions last year, undercover police purchased 11.36 grams of crack from Hawkins and 159.64 grams — worth $4,500 — from Robinson, court records say.
In a separate drug case, Cory Jermaine Price of Lubbock County was sentenced to 10 years and one month imprisonment. Court records show Price sold 71 grams of crack cocaine to a police informant in 2002.
"Hawkins' co-defendant, Jamaar Robinson of Lubbock, was sentenced last week to 27 years and three months. "
Geez ...some murderers don't get this many years ! Ridiculous .
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