LARRY DOUGLAS SMITH SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN OCONEE COUNTY

September 4, 2009
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(Walhalla, SC). Forty-year old Larry Douglas Smith of Walhalla pled guilty today in Oconee General Sessions Court to multiple sexually related charges. The Honorable James Williams sentenced Smith to 40 years. Smith received the maximum sentence of 10 years on each of 3 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree and 10 years on Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor, 2nd Degree, all of which are to be served consecutively.

In July of 2008, the Oconee County Sheriff’s office was contacted by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office concerning an ongoing investigation involving various individuals in the distribution of child pornography along the East Coast. One of the Pennsylvania subjects stated that he had engaged in numerous episodes of child pornography exchange with an individual identified by the screen name “LVSBYS2003”. That screen name was traced back to an Oconee County address where the defendant, Larry Douglas Smith resided. Following the execution of a search warrant for Mr. Smith’s residence, Smith was found to be in possession of 126,000 images and 606 videos depicting child pornography. During the course of the investigation, Mr. Smith fully admitted that all of these images belonged to him and that he had been engaging in the distribution of child pornography since 2002. Smith also revealed that he had engaged in a sexual relationship with a male child between the years of 1986 and 1991. 

“This investigation is a perfect example of different agencies and even different states working together to protect our children. Thanks to the hard work of all those involved, especially the tremendous job of the Oconee County Sheriff’s office, Larry Douglas Smith has preyed upon a child for the last time,” said Solicitor Chrissy Adams. “His forty year prison sentence means he is very likely to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars where he belongs.”