Wichita man pleads guilty to possessing child porn while connected to mom’s IP address, records show

A 34-year-old Wichita man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography while using the “dark web” while connected to his mother’s internet protocol (IP) address, according to federal court documents.

Alexander James Rosell was charged in November 2023 with three counts of transportation of child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. After pleading guilty on Thursday, he now faces up to 20 years in prison at his April 4 sentencing on the one count of possessing child pornography.

The pornographic image was “associated with an IP address operated from the defendant’s mother’s residence in Wichita, Kansas,” the agreement says. “The defendant possessed that image, which had traveled in interstate commerce via the internet.”

A search warrant at the defendant’s mother’s home showed “the presence of the defendant’s activities” on a Samsung phone and HP and Dell laptops that he owned, the plea agreement says.