Police Brief: Shores Man Sentenced in Child Porn Case

A 50-year-old St. Clair Shores man was sentenced Wednesday to six months in the Macomb County Jail and five years probation by Macomb Circuit Court Edward Servitto for possessing child pornography.

had pleaded no contest in April to using a computer to commit a crime and one count of distributing child pornography. One count of using a computer to commit a crime and possession of child pornography was dismissed at sentencing.

Budzynowski was arrested in March after investigators discovered he was going to Internet chat rooms that are known to play host to pedophiles and traded child pornography.

Police in the Shores were alerted to Budzynowski’s online activities by Homeland Security in November 2010. Investigators said that Homeland Security traced a number of images of child pornography to his computer and also found he had been involved in sexually explicit chats about young females in online conversations with adults.

In addition to the jail time, Servitto ordered Budzynowski to wear a tether for 180 days after he is released from jail, register as a sex offender and forfeit his computer along with being barred from using a computer.