FORMER FUGITIVE SENTENCED FOR CHILD PORN

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The Associated Press
12/10/07
Richard Steve Goldberg, 62, of Long Beach, pleaded guilty in August to one count ofproducing child pornography.  Goldberg, who was on the FBI's most wanted list and was capturedin Canada after years on the run, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.  Goldberg wasnamed in a July 2001 state arrest warrant charging him with sex counts of child molestation and twocounts of possession of child pornography.  The state charges, which allege Goldberg molesteda half-dozen girls between the ages of 5 and 9, are pending.  He fled to Canada in 2002,shortly after Long beach police seized his computer.  The former aerospace engineer wasarrested in May in Montreal after a tipster recognized him from the FBI's web site and reportedhim.
(Los Angeles, California)