MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami firefighter has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for downloading and viewing videos of child pornography while on duty.

The harsh sentence was imposed last week by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore on 31-year-old Alexander Rousseau. Moore said the sentence was justified because of the numerous pornographic videos found on Rousseau’s laptop computer and because he lied during testimony about who downloaded the images.

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