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November 17, 2011

Man arrested on child porn charges in undercover sting at Crofton library

Maryland State Police arrested a 24-year-old man during a sting at a public library in Crofton and charged him with distributing child pornography over the Internet.

Robert J. Hudson 2nd, of the 1000 block of Christmas Lane in Gambrills, faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted.

Police said an undercover trooper chatted with the suspect on a file sharing network and chatted with the suspect about child pornography. "The suspect agreed to meet with the undercover trooper and exchange files of child pornography," state police said in a statement.

On Wednesday, police said Hudson met with the undercover trooper at the library and arrested him. Police said they also searched the man's house and confiscated his computer. The suspect was being held at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center on $275,000 bond.

The case was investigated by the Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force set up to protect children from computer-facilitated sexual exploitation.

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Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

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