Lakewood Man Faces Prison Time For Child Pornography

A Lakewood man faces prison time at his sentencing next week, after pleading guilty to 20 counts of child pornography.

John Snider, 69, of Lake Avenue, 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).

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.

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.

As part of his plea agreement, Snider will be classified as a Tier II sex offender. 

He’s expected to appear for sentencing in Kathleen Ann Sutula’s courtroom on July 29.