East Bay resident gets 8 1/2 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography

BRENTWOOD A Brentwood man has been sentenced to years in federal prison for receiving child pornography and possessing an unregistered short-barreled rifle personnel commented Related Articles Four sentenced for killing Oakland man in RV robbery shootout Man shot after dispute near Lake Merritt dies of his wounds Two dead two hospitalized following shooting in Antioch Two women dead in Walnut Creek following double homicide Attempted murder charges filed in Berkeley hit-and-run circumstance U S District Judge Haywood S Gilliam Jr handed -year-old Michael Patterson months behind bars after Patterson pleaded guilty to the crimes in May according to a declaration from U S Attorney Craig Missakian of the Northern District of California A federal grand jury indicted Patterson in April Missakian commented that in the guilty plea Patterson admitted he tried to meet a person he supposed to be a -year-old girl for sex Officials subsequently exposed more than videos and images depicting minors engaging in sexual conduct Missakian mentioned Agents revealed a short-barreled rifle as well Missakian stated Patterson admitted the gun was not registered with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record as required by law