Man admits sending, receiving child porn
A 28-year-old Kingston man is in federal custody awaiting sentencing for possessing child pornography.
Carlos Brewer was charged with possession of sexually explicit images of minors after allegedly e-mailing materials to an undercover agent he met in an America Online chat room last fall.
He was placed into federal custody Friday after pleading guilty to the charges.
According to U.S. District Court records, Brewer e-mailed 110 images and seven videos believed to be child pornography to the agent.
A plea agreement between Brewer and federal prosecutors said some of the sexually explicit images he sent to the FBI agent included children so young they were in diapers.
His home computer, examined by investigators, had more than 2,500 images that appeared to be child pornography, according to court records.
In a written confession, Brewer admitted to sending and receiving child pornography using his AOL account and said he sent pornographic material to about 150 people.
Brewer was arrested last fall in Shoshone County on charges of lewd conduct with a minor. He pleaded guilty to one charge; a second was dismissed.
Brewer could face up to 10 years in prison in the federal case.
– Taryn Brodwater
Boise
Artist pleads guilty to evading taxes
A well-known Idaho landscape artist has pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges and could face up to three years in prison.
John Horejs, a Twin Falls native whose wildflower paintings and western landscapes hang in the collections of former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, billionaire J.R. Simplot, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Las Vegas developer Steve Wynn and others, pleaded guilty Wednesday, along with his wife, Elaine. Both admitted to “obstructing or impeding the due administration of the internal revenue laws,” evading more than $100,000 in federal income taxes. A six-count federal indictment originally had charged them with both that offense and failure to file income tax returns from 1998 to 2002.
According to court documents, the couple filed false trust documents, falsely claimed they weren’t U.S. citizens, and falsely claimed paintings that the IRS seized through a tax lien were owned by a trust.
Obstructing or impeding the due administration of the internal revenue laws is a felony. The maximum penalty is three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The couple will be sentenced in September.
– Betsy Z. Russell