A Monongalia County man was sentenced Thursday in federal court on child pornography charges.
James Mansfield Davis, 67, of Morgantown, was sentenced to 82 months (6.8 years) in a federal prison for the possession of child pornography.
According to a press release from U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld’s office, a cyber tip about child pornography shared online was traced to Davis.
Officers seized several devices and flash drives from Davis’ home, including two Motorola cell phones, a Nokia cellphone, two external hard drives, a 64GB USB drive, an 8GB USB drive, a 4TB internal hard drive, an HP computer tower and various CDs and DVDs.
Investigators with the Morgantown Police Department and the Bridgeport Police Department found 67 videos and 460 images of child pornography involving young boys.
Court documents state some of the material involved a pre-pubescent minor and a minor who was under 12 years of age.
During the investigation, Davis took off to Florida, where he was apprehended.
Following his prison sentence, Davis will be on 20 years of supervised release.
According to court documents, conditions of the release will include participation in a sex offense-specific treatment program and no direct contact with children or teens under the age of 18 or be at places where children are likely to be including parks, schools, playgrounds and childcare facilities, among other offense-related conditions.
Any computers or other electronic devices owned by Davis following his release from prison will be subject to search and monitoring.
In his sentencing recommendations, Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh recommended Davis be incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Devens, Mass., or another facility that offers a sex offender treatment program.
Davis will be required to surrender to whichever institution the Bureau of Prisons designates by noon Oct. 4.
