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Springfield man who pleaded guilty gets 15 years.

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By Lou Grieco, Staff Writer 10:49 PM Thursday, February 16, 2012

COLUMBUS — A Springfield man was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison Thursday for trying to lure underage girls so that he could take sexually explicit photographs of them.

James M. Goodman, 44, appeared before U.S. District Judge Gregory L. Frost. Goodman pleaded guilty Sept. 30 to one count of attempted sexual exploitation of children.

Investigators found an advertisement Goodman posted on an Internet website in April 2010 seeking models for a photo shoot. In the ad, Goodman used language commonly associated with child pornography, according to Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.

An undercover investigator with the Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force responded to the ad, posing as a foster father of two young girls. After corresponding for several weeks, they agreed to meet at a restaurant west of Columbus. When Goodman arrived for the meeting, task force officers arrested him, Stewart said.

Investigators searched his Springfield residence and found more than 100 images of child pornography on his desktop and laptop computers. Goodman has been in custody since his arrest, Stewart said.

Goodman’s sentence includes a five-year period of court supervision after his release from prison.

While under supervised release, Goodman must permit the installation of appropriate monitoring software, upon any computer that he owns, uses, or has access to that is connected to the Internet.

He will also be required to register as a sex offender anywhere that he lives, works or goes to school, Stewart said.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2057 or lgrieco@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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