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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man who pleaded guilty to 100 counts of child pornography earlier this year was sentenced Monday to three to 15 years in state prison.</p><p>Adam Snide, 42, must also serve 21 years on probation when he finishes his time behind bars.</p><p>Snide also previously admitted to two felony charges of disseminating photos or films of children in sex acts. </p><p>Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas handed down the sentence, giving Snide 171 days credit for time already served. He was previously ordered to register as a sex offender for 25 years, and he may not have any contact with children or places that children frequent. He is also not allowed to possess any sort of pornography.</p><p>Snide was initially arrested Aug. 1 while staying at the home of then Rice Township Supervisor Marcia Thomas on Heslop Road.</p><p>Court records, meanwhile, list Snide&#8217;s place of residence as Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>Snide told police Thomas knew nothing of the child pornography, and she was never implicated by police as being connected to the case in any way.</p><p>Police said many of the images were sexually violent, with images of children having been bound and gagged. Officers said some of those images were of infants.</p><p>Officers said they found so many pornographic images they stopped counting while serving the warrant.</p><p>Snide told police he had been viewing and sharing child porn for 20 years, telling officers they might find around 10,000 files.</p><p>Snide was remanded to a state prison to begin his sentence.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Adam Snide is shown during a previous court appearance. He was sentenced to state prison Monday in a child-porn case. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_web1_adam-snide-courtesy-WNEP-1-1-3.jpg</photo0><caption0>Adam Snide is shown during a previous court appearance. He was sentenced to state prison Monday in a child-porn case. </caption0><photoCredit0>Photo courtesy of WNEP </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Man sentenced to state prison on 100 counts of child porn