BARBERTON: A Barberton man convicted last month on a child pornography charge is facing a new fourth-degree felony charge of pandering obscenity involving a minor.
Matthew Barlow, 33, was charged Tuesday after the Summit County Sheriff’s Office accused him of having several images of child pornography on two cell phones.
The investigation began nearly a year ago in December when a search warrant was executed at a Coventry Township residence and led authorities to a Barberton apartment where deputies seized computers, storage devices and pieces of clothing.
Barlow was charged in January. He pleaded guilty in June and was released on bond while a pre-sentence investigation was conducted. He didn’t return for a scheduled court hearing and was later charged with failure to appear.
In August, two cell phones belonging to Barlow were turned over to authorities for forensic examination.
He was sentenced Oct. 22 to 12 months in prison.
The new charge is related to the phones. Additional charges may be pending the outcome of the investigation, authorities said.