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Child porn charges lead to 15-year sentence for Springfield man
DAYTON — A Springfield man who had more than 600 sexually explicit images of prepubescent minors on his computer was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Friday, Aug. 7.
Terry Flora, 60, was also ordered to forfeit his computer equipment. He will remain under court supervision for 10 years after his release from prison, under the sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose.
Flora pleaded guilty on May 12 to one count of receipt of child pornography.
Between February 2007 and June 2008, Flora received and traded the sexually explicit photos and videos through Internet chat rooms. Using photo sharing links, he made the images available to be viewed, saved or uploaded by others in the chat room, according to Gregory G. Lockhart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
At the time, he was on probation for convictions in Clark County Common Pleas Court on two felony state charges of pandering child pornography in 2005. Springfield Police and a probation officer arrested Flora on July 10, 2008 for violating his parole.
Flora, who has been in custody since his arrest, was remanded to custody of the U.S. Marshals on Friday to begin serving his federal sentence. His time in state custody will not count toward his federal sentence, Lockhart said.
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By Texas Guy
August 7, 2009 4:05 PM | Link to this
Lets hope he did not hurt any kids.By knew the family
August 7, 2009 4:26 PM | Link to this
What a shame. He comes from a decent family. His other siblings are just hard working Americans trying to do the right thing. Unfortunately this is where Terry belongs.By GG
August 7, 2009 5:11 PM | Link to this
Lets fry this mofo. This disgusting man tortured and raped little girls just by looking at their pictures.If I download a video or picture of a man getting murdered, does that mean I will go to jail?By bonerjams
August 7, 2009 5:40 PM | Link to this
what the hell lighten up this dude did nothing that badBy Whitey-on-Da-Bus
August 7, 2009 7:16 PM | Link to this
Hey, GG. The fact is that some little kid DID get molested/abused in the photos. Downloading them PROMOTES their distribution and perpetuates the kiddie porn industry.By GG
August 7, 2009 7:29 PM | Link to this
I do agree with tough sentencing for child molesters. However, getting 15 years for just downloading some pictures is not right. He did not purchase those pictures, he downloaded them for free. I don’t think it promotes child pornography in any way. Of course its wrong, but not 15 years wrong.By Justice Be Done
August 7, 2009 7:35 PM | Link to this
Justice will be done when his buddies in prison find out why he’s in. Crimes against kids are NOT tolerated very well in the big house.By Jim
August 8, 2009 1:38 AM | Link to this
No doubt he should go to prison, but 15 years for trading images over the internet? Seems a bit stiff unless he was the one who took the pictures.By Kev
August 8, 2009 4:14 AM | Link to this
The pictures and abuse would have happened wether or not this guy downloaded them so I don’t think it promotes anything. Maybe looking at these pictures fulfilled his desires so he didn’t feel compelled to go out and molest children himself. I think that happens with married men and adult porn that they do their thing and get it out of their system so they don’t go out and cheat on their wives.By DEB
August 8, 2009 6:46 AM | Link to this
Where there’s smoke there’s fire. The perv had to know it is illegal to have it on his computer, apparently it was worth the risk. Why all the sympathy for child molesters all of a sudden? Or do you somehow relate?By anon for now
August 8, 2009 12:06 PM | Link to this
I despise pedophiles as much as the next person but 15 years for looking at pictures? Sorry, but that’s a little extreme. Since he’s 60 years old he’s essentially been sentenced to life for looking at pictures.By Duh
August 8, 2009 12:42 PM | Link to this
I hope the people who think the sentence is harsh don’t ever download these images and /or know one of the minors. The punishment would not be as bad as you think if it was your kid.By jackie
August 8, 2009 1:28 PM | Link to this
Yes, it is considered wrong, but 15 years is a lot for looking at the wrong thing. I guess we better close our eyes if the wrong picture is in front of us. Of course, being on parole is what really hurt him, he probably wouldn’t have gotten as long if he had not been on parole.By Grandma Sue
August 8, 2009 5:43 PM | Link to this
How amusing. For the next 15 years, taxpayers will foot the bill for incarcerating this old man. The money spent to lock this old guy up could have paid easily paid the salary of a police officer, every year, for the next 15 years. Instead, a cop or sheriff’s deputy gets laid off: A cop that would have rushed to the aid of hundreds of people over the next 15 years… Makes no sense. Ohio alone spends over 10-million dollars annually simply registering decades old sex offenders. How many police and sheriffs officers are now unemployed?By just the truth
August 9, 2009 10:53 AM | Link to this
geesh, go kill a person and you may get 7 years,, go look at pics and get 15 years,, what is the matter with this pic?By Mike
August 10, 2009 12:20 AM | Link to this
This guy is a perverted degenerate who surfed chat rooms to make contact with like minded people. He was already on probation for a precious child pornography conviction. More than likely he got away with it many times before getting caught. The children in those pictures are crime victims. He exploited those crime victims for his own personal gain. If he was kept out of jail and fined, as some think he should have been, and attacked a child, as he may have doing already, you be screaming bloody murder at the justice system. If you want him out of jail protest your state judiciary and put some weight behind by saying he would be welcome to live in your neighborhood. As far as the money spent to jail him being too expensive maybe the other prisoners will finish him off for good making the world a better place.By officermatt
August 18, 2009 2:19 PM | Link to this
Personally, I am disgusted by this. I am a father, and knowing that someone else’s child has been exploited so this sick man can get off…makes me sick. Personally, I think he got off easy with 15 years. I’d say….the death penalty would fit the crime.