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Former Hudson Clothing Store Manager Who Shared Child Porn Gets 10 Years, No Early Release Former Hudson Clothing Store Manager Who Shared Child Porn Gets 10 Years, No Early Release
Former Hudson Clothing Store Manager Who Shared Child Porn Gets 10 Years, No Early Release A former clothing store manager from Jersey City who shared videos of infant and toddler pornography was sentenced to a plea-bargained 10 years in federal prison, after which he's expected to be deported. Ramy Mercado, 29, transmitted more than 20 child sex abuse videos and expressed a "desire for sexual encounters with young children," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Mercado took a deal from the government rather than risk the potential outcome of a jury trial. He pleaded guilty to child porn possession, as well as to naturalization fraud, in exchange for leniency at sen…