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Elgin man sentenced for child porn

An Elgin man was sentenced Thursday to more than 8 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

Anthony S. Quirin, 28, was charged in January with two felony counts of receiving child pornography and a count of possessing a computer containing video and still images of child pornography.

Court papers show that on July 6 of last year, Quirin received two movie files through his computer.

Quirin searched for child pornography on the Internet, according to the court sentencing, and also used Limewire, a file-sharing program, to acquire videos.

According to the plea agreement, the charges carry a maximum of 10 years in prison; Quirin was sentenced to 97 months.

He was ordered to report to prison on Jan. 6, 2009.

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