Crime & Safety

Lakewood Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison For Child Pornography

John Snider, 69, recently admitted to distributing child pornography over a shared network from December 2011 to February 2012.

A Cuyahoga County judge sentenced a Lakewood man to six years in prison for 20 counts of child pornography.

John Snider, 69, of Lake Avenue, recently admitted to distributing child pornography over a shared network from December 2011 to February 2012.

He pleaded guilty to 20 charges of pandering sexually oriented material and one count of possession of criminal tools (his computer).

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In addition to the prison sentence, common pleas judge Kathleen Ann Sutula ordered Snider to register as a Tier II sexual offender.

In May 2012, investigators with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force searched Snider’s Lake Avenue home and found child pornography on three of his computers.

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Snider and another Lakewood man were among 20 adults and one juvenile indicted as part of “Operation Rise and Shine.”

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty said at the time that Operation Rise and Shine targeted traders of child pornography across the state.

Using new technology, detectives identified IP addresses being used to trade and download child pornography pictures and videos.


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