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Man Sentenced for Child Abuse Material | Topeka News
A Topeka man, Joshua Craig Abel, is facing a brutal 12-year prison term for possessing child sexual abuse material — plus an additional 5 years for violating supervised release — after a shocking discovery in the woods uncovered over 28,000 images and 850 videos. This isn’t his first rodeo: convicted in 2011 for distributing nearly 4,000 child porn images, Abel now faces justice after trying to bury his crimes in the woods — a move that backfired when a passerby reported the find. The FBI led the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Walton prosecuted him. This case is a stark…
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