Spring Mills man sentenced to at least 2-and-a-half years in prison in child porn case

Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — A Centre County man will spend at least two and half years behind bars after pleading guilty on child pornography charges.

It was almost a year ago, late last August, when police and agents from the state attorney general’s office served a search warrant on the Spring Mills area home of Lucas Garber.

The police raid resulted in the 27-year-old Garber being charged with 33 felony counts of possessing child pornography.

On Thursday, Centre County President Judge Jonathon Grine sentenced Garber to 30 to 60 months in a state prison on five criminal charges.

The remaining charges were dismissed, and Garber told the judge that he was sorry for his actions and hoped to learn from this.

He talked about his newfound sobriety and said, “I’m taking every chance I have now to seek treatment.”

As part of the sentence, Garber must also register as Tier 1 Megan’s Law offender for the next 15 years.

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