A Baltimore man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing child pornography over the Internet after federal authorities said they found on his computer about 5,000 images of children engaged in sex acts and six movies of children ages 1 and older, the U.S. attorney's office said.
Charles Christopher Furth, 46, faces five to 20 years in prison followed by supervised probation for life when he is sentenced April 25, prosecutors said.
At the time Furth was sending e-mails, authorities said he was living in 300 block of Eastway Court, in the Kernewood neighborhood north of Guilford in North Baltimore.
According to the U.S. attorney's office, Furth pleaded guilty to e-mailing an undercover U.S. postal inspector working in New York that he had a video of an adult male having sex with a young girl. On March 16 and 17, 2006, prosecutors said, he e-mailed that video and a similar one with children ages 9 to 11 to the undercover agent.
Prosecutors said Furth asked the agent to mail him a video containing child pornography, and he sent the agent a personal check for $13.95 to cover the shipping costs. Authorities said the check contained Furth's name and address.
Federal agents searched his Baltimore home and said they found thousands of images and the movies on his computer.