The former editor of a left-leaning news site has reportedly been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography.
44-year-old Slade Sohmer, the former editor-in-chief of The Recount, was arrested on Friday at his home in Otis, Mass., and released on $100,000 bail on Monday. He reportedly had hundreds of images and videos on his devices.
The New York Post reported that Sohmer also worked as a camp counselor for a New York City-based nonprofit. His arrest came weeks after law enforcement officials seized his electronic devices with a search warrant. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of dissemination of child pornography.
Berkshire Assistant District Attorney Marianne Shelvey told TheWrap some of the images and videos involved children as young as 3 or 4 years old, was “one of the most egregious cases” she had ever seen.
The Post reports that “If convicted, Sohmer faces minimum mandatory sentences of 10 years in state prison if convicted of dissemination of child pornography and five years if convicted of possession of child pornography.”
In 2018, Buzzfeed praised Sohmer for discussing…
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