A 28-year-old Silver Spring man has pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography.
Benjamin Mark Urban admitted possessing at least 150 videos and 6,000 images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, sometimes with adults, federal prosecutors said.
Urban admitted that his “best friend” was an 11-year-old girl, and he speaks to her online every day. The girl was autistic. Urban asked the girl to send him nude photos of herself, but she refused.
Urban faces five to 20 years in prison for receipt of child pornography and 10 years for possession of child pornography.
