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Former Fugitive Sentenced to 16 Years on Child Pornography Charges

VOA News

25 Oct 2003, 15:20 UTC

 

A former fugitive who appeared on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's 10 Most-Wanted list has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on child pornography charges.

 

A judge in the midwestern U.S. state of Indiana handed down the sentence Friday for 51-year-old musician Eric Rosser, who was captured in August 2001 in Bangkok, Thailand after an 18-month manhunt. He pled guilty in July to charges of producing and distributing child pornography.

 

Rosser was first arrested on child porn charges in Thailand in February 2000, but vanished one month before his trial. He changed his appearance with plastic surgery and traveled through the United States and Europe before returning to Bangkok where he was eventually caught.

 

Rosser is a talented pianist, and ran a music school in Thailand. He once played backup for American rock musician John Mellencamp, and appeared in at least one of his music videos.

 

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.

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light sentence!!! given the video they had on this guy and the fact he ranked in the 10 most wanted in the world. Good they caught him and got him off the streets of bangkok. He'll now be learning the special ways inmates deal with such offenders.

 

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