DERRY TOWNSHIP MAN AVOIDS JAIL TIME

A Derry Township man who pleaded guilty in September to child pornography possession avoided time in jail.  The Trib reports that 33-year-old Charles Kirkland was ordered yesterday to serve up to 14 years of probation.  He was arrested in 2022 after a state police investigation revealed that he downloaded as many as nine pornographic images of children on his home computer.  Kirkland resigned from his post at Homer-Center School District after his arrest.  Judge Christopher Feliciani said that because Kirkland was undergoing sex offender’s treatment since his arrest, his sentence did not warrant jail time.