Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer reports a man arrested a little over a year ago on child pornography charges, was sentenced last month to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to the charges. Philip Eugene Mathis, formerly of Audubon, was sentenced in the United States Federal Court on November 3rd on Possession of Child Pornography charges.

Once he’s released from prison, Mathis will be on supervised release for another 8 years and will be listed as a registered sex offender. He will also be required to complete a Sex Offender Treatment program. Mathis was arrested on December 15, 2015 after an investigation was conducted by the Audubon Police Department and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Audubon Police executed search warrants that resulted in the discovery of hundreds of images and videos of underage children and minors in the nude or engaged in sex acts.  The findings were turned over to federal authorities who then took over the case for the filing of  federal charges.