BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - A 59-year-old man was given more than
eight years in prison on a charge of possession of child
pornography.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone sentenced Philip Charles Taylor
on Friday.

Taylor pleaded guilty in May.
 

Law-enforcement officials received information in January that
Taylor was watching child porn in a Lufkin motel room with at least
one child present.
 

Officials said officers received consent to search Taylor's
computer and several DVDs and discovered nine videos of minors
involved in sexually explicit conduct.

Some of the videos depicted children less than 12 years of age engaged in sadistic or
masochistic conduct.