A Silver Spring man was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for downloading thousands of images and videos of child pornography.

Carlton Williams, 40, bought a membership to a website that offered images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland.

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