Former Officer Gets 5 Years On Child Porn Charge

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A former Anne Arundel County police lieutenant has been sentenced to five years in prison on a child pornography charge. 

James Cifala, 47, pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography after he was caught "sexting" with a teenage girl. Federal prosecutors say Cifala asked the girl to send him sexually explicit pictures of herself via cell phone. 

Prosecutors also say a search of Cifala's computer revealed images of child pornography that were unrelated to the victim. 

According to his plea agreement, Cifala started a relationship with the girl in 2007, when she was 14 and he was 44. They began having sex after she turned 16, and communicated on a prepaid cell phone he bought for her. 

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