{"id":155478,"date":"2026-04-02T15:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155478\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:45:06","slug":"clarks-summit-man-charged-with-100-counts-of-child-pornography-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155478\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarks Summit man charged with 100 counts of child pornography possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Lackawanna County man is facing dozens of charges following an investigation into child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n<p>The Lackawanna County District Attorney\u2019s Office says 48-year-old Michael Malinauskas of Clarks Summit was taken into custody after detectives executed a search warrant at his home on Grandview Street on April 1.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the investigation began after a cyber tip indicated files depicting child sexual abuse material were being uploaded from the residence. During the search, investigators say they recovered digital evidence confirming the presence of those files.<\/p>\n<p>Malinauskas is charged with 100 counts related to the possession of child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, he admitted to viewing the material for several years and accessing it multiple times each week.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also say Malinauskas has a prior conviction for similar offenses dating back to 2007. If convicted, he could face a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently awaiting arraignment, and a preliminary hearing is expected to be scheduled within the next 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities emphasized that the charges are allegations, and Malinauskas is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLARKS SUMMIT, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A Lackawanna County man is facing dozens of charges following an investigation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-155478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155478","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=155478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}