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Ex-KNBC-TV News Producer Makes Plea Deal With Feds Over Child Pornography Charges; Likely To Get Greatly Reduced Prison Sentence
Over a year after he was arrested Phil Drechsler has come to an agreement with prosecutors that could cut his potential child porn sentence by 75%
Over a year after Phil Drechsler was arrested on child pornography charges, the former KNBC- TV news producer has made a plea deal with prosecutors that could see him receiving a greatly reduced sentence. Picked up on the run in Cincinnati in April 2023, Drechsler today entered a guilty plea in federal court on the lone charge of distribution of child pornography, a May 20 filing of a revised plea agreement details Compelled to register as a sex offender, wearing a monitoring device, and stay away from schools, kids, computers, post office boxes and much more, Drechsler’s deal with the government will see prosecutors’ request the judge to sentence the 11-year KNBC vet to the statutory minimum required. In the raid on Drechsler’s southern California home last year, law enforcement found a cluster of child pornography on his smartphone as a part of his participation under the “Karen Flores” alias online.
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