Altoona man sentenced for possessing child porn

EAU CLAIRE COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - An Altoona man is sentenced for possessing child porn.

Court records show 34-year-old Blake Mahon is sentenced to three years in prison and one year of extended supervision.

According to court records, Mahon was found guilty due to no contest plea on a charge of possession of child pornography.

According to a criminal complaint, in Nov. of 2021 the Altoona Police Department received a Cyber Tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reporting a video of possible child pornography. The IP address led authorities to Mahon.

The criminal complaint says on March 24, 2022, officers searched a memory card of a phone found at Mahon’s address in Altoona in which they found “hundreds of photos and videos.”

According to the criminal complaint, on March 27, 2022, at about 12:41 p.m. Altoona Police responded to Mahon’s address for a report that Mahon was attempting to destroy evidence. Officers arrived and Mahon was arrested. Multiple hard drives were turned over to officers.

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