Ex-ICE Chief Receives 70 Months in Prison in Child Pornography Case

A former chief of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Miami has been sentenced to 70 months in prison on a federal child porn charge.

Anthony Mangione, 50, pleaded guilty in July to using his personal computer to transmit and receive images of minors engaged in sexual activity.

He faced a minimum of five years.

Mangione ran ICE’s South Florida operations from 2007 to 2011. His job included conducting numerous child porn investigations. He retired from his position a few months after investigators searched his home and computers in April 2011.

According to reports, Mangione apparently told U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra he began having problems with prescription pills and alcohol about three years ago.

Prosecutors urged Marra to sentence Mangione to 87 months in prison.

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