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Former election official sentenced to 15 years in prison for child pornography

Christopher Creamer (Butler County Jail)

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY — A former Champaign County election official was sentenced in U.S. District Court on Nov. 12 following a child pornography charge.

40-year-old Christopher Creamer was communicating online with what he believed was a Telegram user but was an FBI agent, according to U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II.

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While conversating with the FBI agent, Creamer sent two images and 16 videos of child pornography.

Creamer expressed his interest in sexual abuse of children, according to the FBI agent.

The search of Creamer’s devices showed more than 3,000 images and 130 videos of child pornography.

Creamer admitted previously abusing a 14-year-old.

Creamer was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors back in March and pleaded guilty in July.

The sentencing came from Judge Thomas M. Rose as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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