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Norfolk man gets 16 years for receiving child porn

Posted at 10:19 PM, Jan 24, 2014
and last updated 2014-01-24 22:19:42-05

Norfolk, Va. – A Norfolk man was sentenced to 16 years behind bars for receiving child porn according to officials.

James L. Belsha, 41, was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release.

He initially pleaded guilty on August 21st, 2013.

Court documents say investigators discovered he was sharing child porn on the Internet by using a peer-to-peer file sharing program.

They say Belsha had 650 child porn videos. He was previously convicted in 1992 for crimes against nature in Virginia Beach that involved a 14-year-old when Belsha was a Boy Scout Leader.