Crime & Safety
Crime Files: Patchogue Man Back in Court on Child Porn Charge
Sayville custodian has pled not guilty to felony charge.
A Sayville School District custodian from Patchogue is due back in Suffolk County Court on March 6 after pleading not guilty to a charge of allegedly possessing child pornography.
Shawn Mead, 44, a custodian at Lincoln Avenue Elementary, is out on $5,000 cash bail after being arrested last August and indicted on September 6, 2012 for possession of a sexual performance by a child. The charge is a class E felony punishable with a maximum sentence of four years in jail.
A motion to dismiss the charge by the Patchogue resident’s attorney, Christian Aaron Pickney, on January 20, 2013 was denied by County Court Judge Barbara Kahn.
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The arrest, according to police, came after the unit conducted an undercover investigation into individuals trading child pornography online.
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