Crime & Safety
Child Pornography Sentencing for Reston Man
Alex Ernesto Calderon Velasquez pled guilty to producing child porn. He had fled the Reston area this summer.
A Reston man has been sentenced for producing child pornography and failure to appear in court, according to The Associated Press and other news outlets.
Alex Ernesto Calderon Velasquez, 27, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty in July. He faced up to 30 years in prison.
According to a statement of facts, Calderon Velasquez communicated online with a 14-year-old girl in Texas. Prosecutors say he extorted the victim into engage in sexual activity on Skype. Authorities say Calderon Velasquez also persuaded a child in Arizona to engage in sexually explicit conduct that was recorded.
Calderon Velasquez also pleaded guilty to failure to appear in court after he cut off his ankle monitoring device and left the state in May. He had been scheduled to make a guilty plea May 24. He was arrested in June in San Antonio, Texas.
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