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-- An Oxnard man who carefully cataloged a collection of 15,000 pornographic images of female children was sentenced Monday to a year in jail and three years of probation.
Raymond Allen Candel, 65, recently pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of possession of child pornography and faced up to two years in jail, one year for each count.
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Edward Brodie said Candel will get another year in jail if he violates the terms of his probation. These terms include that Candel stay away from using the Internet, not possess pornography and notify his employer if there is a likelihood that he might be working where children are present.
Candel purchased several memberships to child pornography Web sites, according to Deputy District Attorney Howard Wise.
"Mr. Candel had been downloading child pornography on his computer for more than three years," Wise said in an interview.
The message in this case is that California has weak child pornography laws that need to be strengthened to be like the laws in other states such as Texas and Arizona, Wise said. In Arizona, Candel could have received life in prison, he said. --
