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ANN ARBOR, MI – A Michigan anesthesiologist has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of distribution of child pornography. Joel Michael Adelsberg, 36, pleaded guilty to the distribution of child pornography in February, which carries mandatory minimum sentence of five years of imprisonment. It is recommended that he spends 151 to 188 months in prison, according to the U.S. Probation Office’s sentencing guidelines. According to the plea agreement, Adelsberg knowingly distributed child pornography on Kik that included an image of an adult woman’s face posed next to the genitals of an approximately 6- to 8-year-old girl. Adelsberg possessed at least 106 videos and 49 images of child pornography across four different cell phones, according to the plea agreement. He will also register as a sex offender, according to court documents. The man is expected to be sentenced next week. Adelsberg was affiliated with Anesthesia Associates of Ann Arbor and Trinity Health – Ann Arbor Campus, ClickOnDetroit reports.
