EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 31-year-old El Paso man who was caught with more than 50 pictures of child porn on his phone back in December 2024 has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars.
According to court records, on Oct. 3, Stephen Roder pled guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 25 years for each count and will serve them at the same time.
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Roder was arrested after authorities responded to the El Paso Transitional Center, located at 1650 Horizon Blvd., on Dec. 13, 2024, after getting reports of child pornography.
Investigators met with the person who made the report and they said Roder had pornographic images of children on his cellphone.
A month after the report was made, on Jan. 14, 2025, Roder was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility.
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