Utah man gets 5 years of probation in child porn-on-plane case after guilty plea in Boston
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A Utah man charged with viewing child pornography on a Boston-bound commercial flight won't have to serve his jail sentence if he sticks to the terms of his probation.
Prosecutors say 50-year-old Salt Lake City resident Grant Smith pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing child pornography.
A Boston judge suspended Smith's 2 1/2-year sentence and placed him on five years' probation.
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Smith must continue sex offender treatment, comply with Utah sex offender registry requirements and follow restrictions on contact with children and Internet use.
Prosecutors say a fellow first-class passenger saw Smith viewing pornographic computer images of young girls during a November 2011 flight. The passenger took a cellphone photo of the images and alerted a flight attendant.
Smith was arrested in Boston and initially pleaded not guilty. He resigned his job as a University of Utah engineering professor.