WATERLOO, IL. (KMOX) - A Waterloo Illinois man is sentenced to ten years in prison for distribution and possession of child pornography.

56 year old Alva Hansell pleaded guilty in Federal Court in East St. Louis.

Hansell admitted to distributing child pornography over the internet from his home in Waterloo.

Prosecutors say he had more than a thousand images and 38 video files on his computer.

They included files of children under the age of 12, some of which contained sadistic and masochistic conduct.

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