East Bay youth referee sentenced on child exploitation, gun charges

BRENTWOOD An East Bay youth football referee is headed to state prison after pleading guilty to felony child exploitation and firearm charges prosecutors announced Related Articles Man accused of gunning down parole agent in East Oakland enters plea Her ex forgot his computer That s how Fremont woman uncovered the pedophile manual police say FBI arrests Oakland fugitive in Mexico in double homicide Alameda DA drops cases against deputies clinicians in Santa Rita Jail death of Maurice Monk Additional Richmond police oversight recommendations move to negotiation stage Tommy Ray Vance of Brentwood was sentenced Monday to two years and months in prison according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney s Office A judge also ordered him to register for years as a sex offender after he is distributed from custody In April Vance arranged to meet a person he thought to be a -year-old child at a park in Brentwood for sex prosecutors mentioned The child was genuinely a Contra Costa County Sheriff s Office detective and Vance was arrested when he arrived at the park Bureaucrats served a search warrant at Vance s home and discovered more than a dozen guns which he was prohibited from owning due to a conviction for arson intimidating a witness and assault with a deadly weapon according to the district attorney s office At the time of his arrest Vance was working part-time as a volunteer youth football referee in the county prosecutors explained Vance has been in custody since his arrest and will begin serving his sentence right away