BUSHKILL, PA — Larry Jerome Nelson, 57, of Bushkill was sentenced by Pike County President Judge Gregory Chelak for possession and dissemination of child pornography on April 20.

Nelson is to be incarcerated in a state correctional facility for three to six years, pay a fine, submit a DNA sample and register under Megan’s Law after being sentenced on four counts of sexual abuse of children and criminal use of a communication facility.

As a result of this conviction, Nelson is classified as a Tier 3 sexual offender under Pennsylvania’s version of Megan’s Law. Nelson is required to register for the rest of his life.

In April 2012, Detective Brian Webbe of the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office discovered that Nelson’s IP address was being used to share child pornography. After a search warrant was executed on Nelson’s residence and two computers belonging to Nelson were discovered to possess child pornography, detectives from the Pike County District Attorney’s Office charged Nelson.