A former police officer, politician and Gulf War veteran
blamed battlefield exposure to toxic chemicals as one factor that led him to
amass thousands graphic videos depicting sexual abuse of young girls.
Colby Michael McCormick, 46, was sentenced Friday in
Clackamas County Circuit Court, after pleading guilty to eight counts of
encouraging child sexual abuse in the second degree.
McCormick, a supply technician at the Portland VA Hospital,
was arrested in June 2012 when child pornography investigators discovered his
online activities. He was released from the Clackamas County Jail on his own
recognizance and immediately resumed his online activities. He was arrested
again Sept. 11.
Altogether, McCormick downloaded some 3,000 hardcore videos
of girls engaged in sexual behavior, many with adult male relatives.
Circuit Judge Eve Miller sentenced McCormick to three years
and four months in prison.