10 years for child porn

Mark McLeod Wygant, a 46-year-old former South Lake Tahoe fire captain who lived in Chico, recently was sentenced to 10 years in prison for transporting child pornography, according to a press release from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Wygant has been in custody since his arrest in January 2015, after a flash drive containing more than 5,000 images and 50 videos was found in a locker in a South Lake Tahoe fire station, according to the CN&R’s archives. The content included girls estimated to be between 4 and 13 years old and several videos of a girl for whom Wygant was legally responsible.

On Dec. 16, he pleaded guilty to transporting the content from Chico to South Lake Tahoe. As part of his plea agreement, he will pay restitution to the victim.