Ex-Firefighter Gets 16 Years For Child Porn

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A former Baltimore County firefighter has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on two child pornography offenses.

Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Maurice Cottle of Owings Mills was also ordered to register as a sex offender at sentencing Thursday in federal court in Baltimore.

Cottle pleaded guilty in May to sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography.

According to his plea agreement, Cottle produced videos that showed sexually explicit acts by two under age boys. Prosecutors say one video showed Cottle performing sex acts on one boy.

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)