Former Texas GOP official sentenced to 4 centuries in prison for child sex abuse

Bo Michael Dresner, a former precinct chairman for the Hays County, Texas Republican Party, was sentenced to more than four centuries in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of child sexual abuse and more than 60 claims related to child pornography with the intention to promote.

Although Dresner had originally pleaded not guilty after first being arrested on the charges five years ago, he changed his plea once his trial started earlier this month, reports MySanAntonion.com.

The trial was to feature testimony both from Dresner's own daughter and from another child who once lived in Dresner's home.

Dresner immediately raised suspicions when police started investigating claims that he abused children when he was pulled over on his way to an airport and found in possession of a one-way ticket to Armenia, which does not extradite alleged criminals back to the United States.

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A subsequent search of his electronic devices featured hundreds of thousands of child pornography images and his search history showed he was looking for countries that specifically did not have extradition treaties with the United States.

According to MySanAntonion.com, Dresner "got a stacked sentence that totaled 410 years, according to a news release. Dresner was given 75 years each for four counts of sexual abuse of a child and Judge Gary Steel of the 274th District Court added sentences of 10 to 20 years for each of the 61 counts of child pornography with intent to promote."