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Sept. 16, 2014 By Christian Murray
A Sunnyside man who was found guilty of possessing thousands of child porn files on his home computer was sentenced yesterday to between two to six years in prison, according to the district attorney’s office.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said that Ernest Hernandez, 29, had plead guilty to the charge of “promoting a sexual performance of a child,” after police uncovered nearly 3,000 images and more than 600 videos of children of various ages engaged in sex acts on his computer.
“The videos and images on the defendant’s computer and portable hard drives were vile and extremely disturbing,” Brown said in a statement. “Let this be a warning to others, if they use the Internet for their own sexual gratification and engage in activity that involves children, they will be punished.”
This was Hernandez’ first offense, Brown said. However, the defendant told the court that he had been looking at child pornography since he was 17.
