WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 135 months years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of Possession of Child Pornography, according to the United State's Attorney.
According to court documents, detectives with the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force conducted an undercover operation on a peer-to peer file sharing network called BitTorrent.
During the investigation, law enforcement identified Thomas Schindler, 69, of Wichita as a network user in possession of child pornography. Detectives went to Schindler’s home, where he admitted accessing and using the BitTorrent network to obtain child pornography. A subsequent seizure of his computers revealed pornographic images of prepubescent girls.
The Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) investigated the case.