Crime & Safety

Area Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Child Pornography

Andrew Modjewski, 25, of Arlington Heights was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for collecting, trading and owning child pornography, according to the Buffalo Grove Countryside.

After more than 12,500 images and 700 videos were discovered on his home computer by an undercover New York police officer, 25-year-old Andrew Modjewski of Arlington Heights was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, according to the Buffalo Grove Countryside. 

The FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, according to the paper, uncovered information that showed Modjewski had been trading and collecting child pornography since 2008. 

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