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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,...

Pro-gay rally against LISD policy remains peaceful By RAY GLASS AVALANCHE-JOURNAL School officials and a federal judge drew criticism Thursday during a rally protesting school policy and a court ruling that have blocked a Gay Straight Alliance student group from meeting at Lubbock High School. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youngsters "are faced with hate not only from classmates, but here in Lubbock from school officials and federal judges," Megan Bauer said to about 50 people on a sidewalk outside the George H. Mahon Federal Building. Bauer is president of Lambda Law Students at Texas Tech and helped organize the...

Former Tech student pleads to porn charge A former Texas Tech student pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to downloading child pornography from the Internet. David Russell Brigham, 23, of Abilene faces a maximum sentence of 15 years when U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings sentences him in several weeks. A Lubbock federal grand jury indicted Brigham in March on 13 charges of transporting and receiving child pornography. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Brigham admitted that in November 2000 he downloaded an image of a young girl engaging in sexual intercourse with an adult man. The additional charges will be...