A Springfield man has been sentenced to serve 27 years in federal prison for transportation and possession of images of child pornography.
James E. Bowen was arrested in July 2011 and entered guilty pleas to the charges. He also admitted to possessing more than 100,000 images of child pornography, including sadistic and masochistic movies and images.
Upon completion of his prison term, Bowen will remain under supervised release for life.