Gaffney man sentenced to more than six years for possessing child porn

An Upstate man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for possession of child pornography, officials say.

Donald Howard Smiley, 38, of Gaffney, was sentenced to 78 months in Anderson’s federal court Thursday, according to U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.

Investigators found that a cell phone belonging to Smiley was being used to store and receive child pornography, evidence presented at the change of plea hearing showed.

The device contained 138 still images and 26 videos of child pornography.

After being confronted with the evidence, Smiley waived his Miranda rights and admitted to his involvement with child pornography, Nettles said.

In addition to the prison sentence, Smiley was ordered to be on supervised release for five years.

Mindy Lucas

This story was originally published September 11, 2014 at 4:12 PM with the headline "Gaffney man sentenced to more than six years for possessing child porn."