Convicted sex offender gets 15 years for possessing nearly 10,000 sexually explicit videos and images of children

Summary by The Pearland Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Brittany Taylor, as published by KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC) · July 8, 2026 · 1 min read

A 71-year-old Bacliff man has been sentenced to federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material for the second time, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.Wesley Joseph Slanina pleaded guilty Dec. 17, 2024.Slanina will serve 186 months in federal prison. The sentence will be...

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