Snow Hill man sentenced to prison for distributing child pornography

SNOW HILL, Md. – A Snow Hill man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography.

32-year-old Timothy Newsome pleaded guilty back in September to four counts of distribution of child pornography. As a result, Newsome was sentenced to 40 years with all but 16 years suspended, and will be placed on five years of supervised probation on release. He will also be required to register as a Tier II sex offender, have no unsupervised contact with children, and submit a DNA sample.

We’re told the investigation began in May 2021 when the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation received a referral from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, identifying a WhatsApp account having uploaded a video containing child pornography. Investigators were able to trace the account back to Timothy Newsome. Days later, another cybertip was received about Skype account that had uploaded child pornography, which was also traced back to Newsome. Detectives executed a search warrant at Newsome’s home in Snow Hill, where they seized multiple electronic devices for forensic examination. It was discovered that Newsome had distributed multiple files containing child pornography over the internet.

Newsome was charged in July 2021 with 30 counts of distributing child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography.