LISBON A retired Lisbon teacher pled guilty on Friday to 45 child pornography charges.

Columbiana County Assistant Prosecutor Steve Yacovone tells 21 News 69-year-old James Watt pled guilty to 30 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and 15 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.

Watt is scheduled to be sentenced January 9. Yacovone says the prosecution will be recommending a sentence of 25 years in prison, but the defense is expected to argue for a lesser sentence.

Watt was charged after police seized 18 devices from him after receiving a "cyber tip" that Watt possessed obscene material involving children in October of 2024.

Watt was a former STEM teacher, as well as track and field coach at David Anderson Jr. Sr. High School in Lisb

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