WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
TOPEKA, KAN. - A convicted sex offender was sentenced to 151 months in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Joshua Craig Abel was also sentenced to five years in prison for a violation of supervised release. A federal judge ordered the sentences to run consecutive to one another.
According to court documents, a federal jury convicted Abel, 44, of Topeka of one count of sexual exploitation of a minor - possession of child pornography.
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