RALEIGH -- A former Marine Corps staff sergeant will spend 10 years in prison for child pornography.       

Matthew Benton, 36, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday.       

Authorities say they he received and stored thousands of images of child pornography.

He had also made some of those images available to others.

Authorities say they also found a hidden camera in Benton's home which he used to record women and children in the bathroom.