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Ithaca man sentenced to 26 years for child sex exploitation

Ithaca man sentenced to 26 years for child sex exploitation

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WHCU) – An Ithaca man is sentenced in United States District Court.

32-year-old Remanu Phillips will serve 26 years and 8 months in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child. As part of his guilty plea, he admitted to producing two videos of himself sexually abusing a child on two separate days in June of 2019.

Phillips further admitted to transferring the videos from his phone to a desktop computer, where they were recovered by law enforcement. Phillips will also serve a 30-year term of supervised release when he gets out of prison and will be required to register as a sex offender.

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