A Scranton man was sentenced to 20 to 75 years behind bars Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to 5,000 felony counts involving possession of 150,000 files of child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n
That number included 200 photos in a digital picture frame next to his bed, according to Lackawanna County District Attorney Brian Gallagher.<\/p>\n
Paul Sybrandy, 44, of 514 Cedar Ave., was arrested in July after detectives from the district attorney\u2019s office received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and an investigation determined he had uploaded files of child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sheer volume of child pornography discovered in this case \u2014 over 150,000 images \u2014 is horrific,\u201d Gallagher said in a statement following the arrest. \u201cLet me be absolutely clear: If you are involved in child pornography \u2014 if you are producing it, sharing it or possessing it \u2014 you are not just a criminal, you are a monster. You are fueling the ongoing torture, exploitation and sexual abuse of children. And we are coming for you with everything we\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will tear apart your devices. We will trace your digital footprint. We will expose you, arrest you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. We are deploying every resource \u2014 local, state, and federal \u2014 to ensure that those who prey on children are taken off our streets for good. There will be no leniency and no second chances.\u201d<\/p>\n
Upon release, Sybrandy will be required to register yearly as a sex offender with the Pennsylvania State Police, pursuant to the state\u2019s Sexual Offenders Registration and Notification Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Scranton man was sentenced to 20 to 75 years behind bars Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[202,201,182,139,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-142201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}