In San Antonio today, 46-year-old Christopher Zamarripa was
sentenced to 460 months in federal prison for cyberstalking and possession of
child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent
in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Fred
Biery also ordered that Zamarripa be placed on supervised release for the
remainder of his life after completing his prison term.
On August 15, 2019, Zamarripa pleaded guilty to ten counts
of cyberstalking and one count of possession of child pornography. According to court records, Zamarripa caused
substantial emotional distress to his victims by altering photographs of their
faces he downloaded from the Internet and placing them onto photographs of
bodies engaged in explicit sexual activities, which he then uploaded to online
pornographic websites. Zamarripa also
uploaded to the same online pornographic websites unaltered images of two child
victims.
On August 22, 2017, Kerr County sheriff’s deputies seized
Zamarripa’s laptop computer. A
subsequent forensics analysis of the laptop revealed the presence of child
pornography.
Zamarripa has remained in custody since his arrest by FBI
agents on May 20, 2019.
This investigation was conducted by the FBI in San Antonio
and the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Bettina Richardson prosecuted this case on
behalf of the government.
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