{"id":306008,"date":"2026-10-13T21:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306008\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:30:12","slug":"northampton-county-man-gets-up-to-20-years-for-having-depraved-csam-files-depicting-young-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306008\/","title":{"rendered":"Northampton County Man Gets up to 20 Years for Having \u2018Depraved\u2019 CSAM Files Depicting Young Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prison-400x250-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prison-400x250-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Prison-400x250\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A Northampton County man will serve up to 20 years in prison for having numerous child sexual abuse material files, including files depicting very young children.<\/p>\n<p>Carlton R. Blaukowitch, 67, previously pleaded guilty to numerous felonies and was sentenced in Northampton County Court to 10 to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Attorney General\u2019s Child Predator Section filed charges after responding to a cybertip regarding Blaukowitch possessing CSAM. Agents found on Blaukowitch\u2019s computer at least 50 CSAM images and videos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case involves possession of extremely graphic and horrific files \u2014 content that should not exist in a civilized society, and we are pleased the court recognized the depravity of the conduct,\u201d Attorney General Sunday said. \u201cPossessing and sharing CSAM is far from a victimless crime, and this conviction and significant state prison sentence makes that very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blaukowitch is also required to register as a sex offender for 15 years upon his release from prison.<\/p>\n<p>Office of Attorney General agents, assisted by Nazareth Police Department, executed a search warrant last year at Blaukowitch\u2019s home on East High Street and found the illegal materials. Some of the files depicted toddlers and other prepubescent children.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennwatchmedia.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PW_2024_LeaderAd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791927012_214_PW_2024_LeaderAd.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Northampton County man will serve up to 20 years in prison for having numerous child sexual abuse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-306008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306008","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=306008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}