Man sentenced in child pornography case
WAYNESBURG – A Jefferson Township man who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in June was sentenced in Greene County Court Wednesday by Judge William Nalitz.
Larry Keith Augustine, 57, of 415 Sharpnack Hollow Road, Jefferson, will serve 5 years in the Greene County Intermediate Punishment Program.
He is required to register as a sex offender for 25 years for two counts of sexual abuse of children by possessing and disseminating child pornography.
He also is required to verify his information to the Megan’s Law website semi-annually and provide information regarding any changes of address, phone, employment, enrollment in any educational institution, name, passport status and vehicle registration or ownership within 3 days.
Augustine will serve the first three months of his sentence under house arrest with work-release privileges.
As additional conditions of his sentence, Augustine cannot possess, control or access a computer or the Internet from any device for 5 years.
The only exception is the use of a computer and Internet at public locations, such as a library, for the sole purposes of seeking a job and/or applying for government benefits.
Augustine must pay $500 in fines plus court costs and fees and to perform 150 hours of community service.
He was arrested in February 2013 when Detective Robert Erdely with the state police computer crimes unit found child pornography available for download from Augustine’s computer. Erdely said Augustine was using a peer-to-peer file sharing application to allow others to download the file.
According to Erdely, the image was of a girl who appeared to be about 10 years old.
A search warrant was obtained and served on Augustine’s residence and a forensic examination was conducted on the seized items. According to the criminal complaint, a large number of images and videos of child pornography were recovered.
A large number of the images and videos were archived by Augustine on optical media discs.