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ARLINGTON, Texas – An Arlington man was sentenced to 405 months in federal prison for producing child pornography and illegal possession of a machine gun, said Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E. Larson.
Child pornography, machine gun found
The backstory:
Court documents revealed that in late September 2024, the Bedford Police Department began investigating a theft of a truck that belonged to a business in Bedford, Texas. A few days later, the Arlington Police Department recovered the vehicle and returned it to the owners.
Multiple bags containing cell phones and illegal firearms that belonged to Carlos Isaac Barrientos were found in the vehicle.
A forensic review of the devices by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms located images and videos of child pornography on the devices.
Barrientos, 36, of Arlington, Texas, was arrested, charged, and subsequently pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and illegal possession of a machine gun on April 16, 2025.
On July 24, 2025, Barrientos was sentenced to 405 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Reed O’Connor.
The Source: Information in this article is from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas.
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