Former Knbc-TV producer Phil Drechsler appears in an undated handout mugshot. (Graphic by The Desk)
A former television news producer has agreed to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges more than a year after his arrest.
The acceptance of responsibility was outlined in a 22-page court filing entered by federal prosecutors on Monday, through which 61-year-old Phil Drechsler agreed to plead guilty to one count of child pornography in exchange for a recommendation that he be sentenced to the statutory minimum term of imprisonment.
Under the law, Drechsler will be sentenced to at least five years in federal prison. Prosecutors cannot guarantee he will receive that much; federal judges are not bound by plea agreements, but they usually accept recommended sentences. Drechsler faced decades in prison after a grand jury indicted him on three child pornography-related counts last May.
The plea agreement imposes a number of other conditions on Drechsler,...
A former television news producer has agreed to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges more than a year after his arrest.
The acceptance of responsibility was outlined in a 22-page court filing entered by federal prosecutors on Monday, through which 61-year-old Phil Drechsler agreed to plead guilty to one count of child pornography in exchange for a recommendation that he be sentenced to the statutory minimum term of imprisonment.
Under the law, Drechsler will be sentenced to at least five years in federal prison. Prosecutors cannot guarantee he will receive that much; federal judges are not bound by plea agreements, but they usually accept recommended sentences. Drechsler faced decades in prison after a grand jury indicted him on three child pornography-related counts last May.
The plea agreement imposes a number of other conditions on Drechsler,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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