A 55-year-old defendant pleaded no contest on Feb. 5 to possessing and distributing child pornography online, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Carlos Enrique Castillo, of Los Angeles, pleaded no contest to five felony counts of distribution of obscene matter and one felony count of possession of over 600 images of child or youth pornography. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 28. Castillo faces eight years and four months in state prison.

Deputy District Attorney Angela Brunson, of the Cyber Crime Division, said Castillo sent files containing child pornography via the internet from his personal computer from October 2017 through March 2018. He was an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services at the time. Videos and images of child pornography also were discovered on Castillo’s computer.

The case was investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department.