North Charleroi Man Heading To State Prison

A North Charleroi man learned his sentence for possession of child pornography on Thursday. John Eckert, 62 will spend the next four to sixteen years in state prison. Eckert pleaded guilty to 10 felony counts of possession of child pornography in June. During his hearing Eckert asked for leniency in his sentence suggesting a probationary sentence. The Attorney General asked for a prison sentence in the general range of sentence guidelines. He will be required to register with state police to be listed on the Megan’s Law list of sexual offenders.