{"id":61041,"date":"2026-06-24T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=61041"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:30:48","slug":"former-sdsu-police-sergeant-sentenced-csam-federal-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=61041","title":{"rendered":"Feds: Former SDSU Police Sergeant Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"930\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"629\">LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2014 A former sergeant with the San Diego State University Police Department was sentenced Wednesday to <strong data-start=\"731\" data-end=\"762\">46 months in federal prison<\/strong> after pleading guilty to possessing more than 600 files of <strong data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"860\">child sexual abuse material (CSAM)<\/strong>, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"1346\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Paul Aurelio McClain, 47, of Menifee, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sherilyn Peace Garnett<\/span><\/span>. In addition to the prison sentence, McClain was ordered to serve <strong data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1145\">20 years of supervised release<\/strong> and pay <strong data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1165\">$22,100<\/strong> in special assessments, including a <strong data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1224\">$17,000 assessment<\/strong> under the <strong data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1307\">Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1541\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">McClain pleaded guilty on March 18 to one federal count of possessing <strong data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1449\">child sexual abuse material<\/strong>. He has remained in federal custody since March 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thurs. 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Investigators recovered more than <strong data-start=\"1989\" data-end=\"2014\">600 images and videos<\/strong> containing <strong data-start=\"2026\" data-end=\"2034\">CSAM<\/strong>, including material depicting prepubescent children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p title=\"\" data-start=\"2127\" data-end=\"2426\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In his plea agreement, McClain admitted he knowingly downloaded and possessed the illegal material, understood it depicted real children under the age of 18 engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and acknowledged that some victims were younger than 12 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2428\" data-end=\"2760\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Federal prosecutors argued the offense was particularly troubling because McClain served as a sworn law enforcement officer at a university police department, stating that the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material is especially egregious given his position of public trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2762\" data-end=\"3059\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The investigation was led by <strong data-start=\"2791\" data-end=\"2827\">Homeland Security Investigations<\/strong>, with assistance from the West Covina Police Department, the San Bernardino Police Department, the Riverside County Child Exploitation Team and the San Diego State University Police Department.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 A former sergeant with the San Diego State University Police Department was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing more than 600 files&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former SDSU Police Sergeant Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former San Diego State University police sergeant was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing more than 600 files of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). 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