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  "textContent": "A repeat sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court to more child sex abuse crimes.\n\nPatrick Daniel McKernan, 45, of Pasadena, Md., is charged with the sexual exploitation of a child as he persuaded, induced, enticed, and coerced a minor victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct.\n\nThe U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced the guilty plea on Monday.\n\nAccording to officials, McKernan produced explicit content involving the minor in November 2023.\n\nThey say he McKernan took sexually explicit images of the minor and distributed them on the internet.\n\nThe images were found on the dark web, operated by the Tor Network, in a group messaging app related to child sexual abuse material.\n\nIn 2016, McKernan was convicted of possession of child sexual abuse material in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Md.\n\nMcKernan faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years and a maximum sentence of 50 years in federal prison.\n\nU.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox scheduled sentencing for Friday, May 22, at 3 p.m.",
  "title": "Repeat offender convicted for additional child sex abuse crimes in Anne Arundel County"
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