PROVIDENCE, R.I. —
A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to 260 years in prison for producing child pornography involving multiple prepubescent children.
Federal prosecutors announced 45-year-old Thomas Goodman’s sentence on Friday.
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The Warwick man was sentenced by a judge who said, “The level of depravity is beyond comprehension.”
The Providence Journal reports Goodman collapsed onto the table before groggily regaining consciousness a few minutes later.
U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell said Goodman spent six years sexually abusing two young girls starting when they 6.
Prosecutors say Goodman also filmed himself inappropriately touching an infant.
His attorney asked for a more lenient sentence, saying Goodman had been molested as a child.
McConnell said he understood that Goodman victimized others as a result of he himself having been abused, but that his most important obligation was to protect the public.
“The only way I can do that is to be sure you never get out of prison again,” McConnell said. “I have no assurances you will stop.”
Goodman was caught last May when his employer, submarine maker Electric Boat, confiscated his cellphone for violating policy by using it on company property. The pornography was found on the phone.
He pleaded guilty in October.
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