EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A man has been sentenced in Columbia County after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material, according to prosecutors.

Carlton Allen Canter, 35, of Martinez, was arrested in January after the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at his home in the 4000 block of Briarwood Drive .

Investigators determined Canter had 15 child sexual abuse images pertaining to a minor under age 12.

According to arrest warrants, Canter downloaded “multiple images depicting prepubescent females lewdly displayed in a sexual manner.”

In March, a Columbia County grand jury indicted Canter for 15 counts of sexual exploitation of children.

On Monday, Canter pleaded guilty to all counts and Judge Barry A. Fleming sentenced him to 55 years, th

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