Prosecutor asking for 10 years in child porn case against North Lima man

YOUNGSTOWN

The prosecutor is recommending 10 years in prison for a North Lima man, who pleaded guilty to 15 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and one count of attempted pandering obscenity involving a minor.

Mark Lucicosky, 43, of Woodworth Road, entered his plea Friday before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, who will sentence him at a later date. He remains free on $75,000 bond.

Lucicosky initially had been indicted by a county grand jury May 14, 2015, on 17 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, with the alleged offenses having occurred in November 2014, and Jan. 15, 2015.

In the plea agreement, the prosecution dropped one count and reduced another to the attempted offense.

On Jan. 15, 2015, agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, together with Beaver Township police and county sheriff’s office deputies executed a search warrant at Lucicosky’s residence.

During the search, a BCI agent found images on a compact disc of adolescent males engaged in sex acts.

“This defendant had a large amount of child pornography,” said Jennifer McLaughlin, an assistant county prosecutor, explaining why she’s seeking such a long prison term for him.

Read more about the case in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.