ELKTON — A man charged with 12 child pornography offenses after investigators raided his Elkton residence in April has been sentenced to time served — 190 days — and five
ELKTON â An Elkton man received a 60-day jail term on Monday, after pleading guilty in a child pornography case in which investigators caught him with an electronic image of a nude girl, believed to be seven or eight years old, performing a sex act on herself.
Retired Cecil County Circuit Court Judge V. Michael Whelan imposed a three-year sentence on the defendant, James Davis Beck Jr., 53, and then suspended all but 60 days of the penalty. The judge imposed the sentence moments after Beck pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, which is punishable by up to five years in prison.
But they also want his criminal case transferred to juvenile court.
Tyshane Smith of Burlington, who fled to Florida after the Feb. 1 shooting, appeared briefly for his arraignment in Vermont Superior Court on Friday April 2.
Authorities have said the shooting may have been sparked by a gang-related confrontation. Smith fired at least five shots, three of them at the intended target before he fled with a group of 8 people, South Burlington Police said.
On Monday, the department said it has a lead on where the stolen handgun came from.
âIt was acquired in an unreported crime in Winooski,â Police Chief Shawn Burke said. He did not elaborate.