Youngstown man gets 90 years for child pornography

CLEVELAND — A Youngstown man has been sentenced to 90 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a four-count federal child-pornography indictment.

Christopher Cavna, 27, formerly of Mahoning Avenue, drew the sentence today from U.S. District Court Judge Christopher A. Boyko.

The available sentencing range was 25 to 180 years.

The indictment said Cavna knowingly allowed two of his children to engage in sexually explicit conduct in May 2013 for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct.

It also said he knowingly received and distributed numerous computer files containing images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct between October 2011 and October 2012 and knowingly distributed two such computer files May 20, 2013.

The case was investigated by the Youngstown FBI office, the Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force and the Ohio Adult Parole Authority.

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