PORN STING YIELDS RESULTS MAN NETTED IN CYPER SWEEP TO PLEA GUILTY.

Byline: Amy Raisin Darvish Staff Writer

STEVENSON RANCH - A child pornography sting spanning two counties netted a Stevenson Ranch man who has agreed to plead guilty to possessing thousands of images of child porn on his home computer, officials said.

Jesus Rojero Gurrola, 39, agreed to plead guilty and is expected to appear in court in the coming weeks, according to Thom Mrozek, public affairs officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

Law enforcement officials on Wednesday announced charges against 28 defendants in Los Angeles and Orange counties, nine of whom - including Gurrola - have agreed to plead guilty.

Gurrola is suspected of using a peer-to-peer computer file-sharing system to download more than 10,000 images of child pornography, many of which depicted children younger than 12 engaging in sexually explicit acts, according to a statement from Mrozek's office.

In March 2004, an undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent investigating Internet distribution of child pornography downloaded four motion picture files from a file-sharing service that showed young boys performing sex acts. The agent traced the source of the images to Gurrola's home computer, officials said.

Wednesday's cases resulted from independent investigations involving the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Secret Service and the California Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation.

The cases announced Wednesday are the latest in nearly 100 child exploitation cases filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California in the last 2 1/2 years.

``This aggressive sweep of child pornographers will bring some justice to the...children who have been exploited,'' U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang said in a statement. ``These cases should send a strong message that law enforcement will act to protect our children.''

Gurrola's plea agreement includes one count of possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.

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