Former Coaldale mayor Richard Corkery, 75, was sentenced in Carbon County court today to serve 9 to 36 months on child pornography charges.

The sentenced will be followed by 36 months probation and he is required to register as a sex offender under Megan's Law.

Judge Steven R. Serfass imposed the sentence on 27 felony three counts of child pornography a jury convicted Corkery of on June 12 following a two day trial. Nesquehoning police charged Corkery with viewing child pornography on a computer at his then employer's offices, radio station WLSH. Corkery denied viewing the pornography stating the images would "pop up" when he went to the website of his former high school in Philadelphia.

However, during testimony presented by the Commonwealth, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, John Bates, said Corkery admitted viewing the child pornography while the agent and police were at his Coaldale residence. Also, a state police computer expert, Trooper Paul Iannace, testified he examined the computer in question and found "thousands" of porn sites.

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