Attorney Michael Burke wrote a letter to U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas in December stating that Fanelli had been receiving counseling and that prison time would interrupt what he calls “intensive psychosexual counseling,” according to lohud.
Fanelli, 56, was arrested in January 2014 -- two months after becoming police chief -- after federal agents raided his home and accused him of downloading and sharing more than 120 files containing pornographic images and video of children.
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