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Ex-Scoutmaster gets prison in child porn case

Posted at 9:24 AM, Apr 26, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-26 12:24:09-04

A former Boy Scout Scoutmaster accused of possessing child pornography has been sentenced to 19 years in prison.

Mark Edward Ray admitted to possessing child porn images and pled guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of a minor in March 2016. The investigation was launched in 2014 after officials identified him as a trader of online child porn.

A judge also sentenced him to lifetime probation and a requirement of registering as a sex offender after serving time behind bars.

The evidence against Ray was "overwhelming" and the crimes were "unusually aggravated" according to the judge.

Homeland Security investigators do not believe any of the victims in the pornography were boy scouts or associated with Ray as a Scoutmaster.