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U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer on Thursday sentenced a Steuben County man to 2 1/2 years in prison on child pornography charges.
Kevin Theil, 54, of Corning, also was sentenced to 10 years supervised release.
Between 2013 and Dec. 16, 2016, Theil had more than 300 images of child pornography on a laptop computer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
In November 2016, the Ithaca Police Department was tipped off that Theil had child porn. The woman who contacted police said Theil admitted that he had previously sexually abused his niece when she was about 14. The tipster also told police that Theil asked her to facilitate a sexual encounter with a girl, prosecutors said.
On Dec. 15, 2016, search warrants were executed at Theil’s home in Corning and at his lake house in Hammondsport, Steuben County. They found 367 images of child pornography on Theil’s laptop.
