RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Richmond Field Office issued the following press release:

ROANOKE, Va. - A Wytheville, Virginia man with criminal convictions dating to the late 1990s was sentenced yesterday to a total of 174 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material.

Christopher Matthew Marsh, 49, recently pled guilty in the Western District of Virginia to possessing child sexual abuse material involving infants and toddlers.

According to court documents, in 1997, Marsh was convicted in Florida of attempted sexual battery of a minor under the age of twelve and was sentenced to 13 years in prison. As a result of that conviction, Marsh was required to regi...