Williamsburg man to serve 3 years for child porn
A Williamsburg man who trolled Web sites dedicated to pedophilia was sentenced Wednesday to 27 years in prison, with all but three years suspended.
Henrico County Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney Michael Huberman described Arel W. Powers, 56, as a man who did far more than possess child pornography.
In December, after repeated online conversations with someone he didn't realize was a Virginia State Police investigator, Powers drove to a Henrico restaurant expecting to meet with a woman who would take him to her 7-year-old daughter for sex.
The woman, too, was a state police investigator, part of a team that had been monitoring a Web site dedicated to mothers willing to prostitute their daughters.
Powers, an unemployed engineer, declined to comment before being sentenced by Circuit Judge Catherine C. Hammond.
"I just love him and want him home so he can get some counseling," Powers' wife, a nurse, told the court.
-- Bill McKelway
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SHE SO STUPID….....(THE WIFE) Something is obviously wrong with him and it’s not a woman he wants, so there is really no room for you, it’s a child…..
GET A GRIP WOMEN WHO DATE OR MARRY THOSE KIND OF GUYS. GEESH!!!!!!
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