Silver Spring man sentenced for child porn

Published April 16, 2012 4:00am ET



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.

When he was interviewed by federal authorities last year, Williams admitted that he had been downloading child pornography on his computer since 2001.

Investigators said they found more than 6,000 images and 100 videos of child pornography on his computer and on DVDs.