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Santa impersonator pleads guilty to child porn

Fares Sabawi
Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times
Reynaldo Ramirez, 38, entered the plea on Monday in U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos' court.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man who posed as Santa pleaded guilty in Texas to distributing child pornography.

Reynaldo Ramirez, 38, of Corpus Christi entered the plea on Monday in U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos' court. He faces as much as 20 years in federal prison and as much as $250,000 in fines, according to a U.S. attorney's office news release.

Police downloaded files containing child pornography from an IP address that was associated with Ramirez and he was arrested on Christmas Eve last year, the release states.

He admitted to viewing child pornography for nearly six years, and told authorities he downloaded more than 1,000 images depicting child porn.

When authorities obtained a search warrant for Ramirez's residence, they found a Santa Claus costume. Ramirez told investigators he has performed as Santa for the past 15 years in south Texas.

His sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 10. Along with the prison sentence, Ramirez faces a maximum of lifetime supervised released and special conditions to prohibit him from contacting children or using the Internet.

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