TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for child pornography.
According to a news release from U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, 55-year-old Mark A. Hastert was sentenced Monday. He had pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography.
Grissom said an FBI cybercrime task force downloaded child pornography from Hastert’s computer in September 2011, and investigators followed an electronic trail to his home in Topeka. The news release said 875 images and 58 videos of child pornography were found on Hastert’s home computer.