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Ex-Jail Worker Gets 10 Years For Distributing Child Porn

SAN DIEGO (KNX 1070) — A former San Diego County jail counselor has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.

KNX 1070's Brian Ping reports that Jeffrey Alan Lee of Oceanside pleaded guilty in April to using a file sharing program to disseminate sexually graphic images of minors over a three-month period last year.

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The ex-sheriff's department employee has been in custody since his arrest at the downtown San Diego jail on Aug. 17, of last year.

Earlier that day, federal investigators searched his home and found tens of thousands of illicit pictures and videos.

After serving his sentence, Lee must serve another ten years of supervised release and register as a sex offender.

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