2 Men Plead Guilty to Federal Child Porn Charges

A Rochester man has pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge.

Prosecutors say 50-year-old Roger Roberts persuaded a 13-year-old girl to repeatedly send him explicit videos of herself and a 5-year-old girl.

Roberts faces between 5 and 20 years in prison when he's sentenced in June.

Meantime, an Ontario County sex offender has pleaded guilty to a new charge.

50-year-old Jerry Stearns of Clifton Springs admitted possessing illicit images in 2019, while still on supervised release for a 2005 child porn conviction.

Stearns ended up serving 10 years in prison.

He faces at least 10 more years behind bars when he's sentenced in July.


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