Clallam County Superior Court Judge Erik Rohrer sentenced Charles David Gahimer of Sequim to 180 months in prison on Wednesday, March 8.

The sentence followed Gahimer’s previous plea to one count each of sexual exploitation of a minor, dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the second degree and possessing depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first degree.

According to a court filed probable cause statement, in January 2016 Sequim Police Department Detective Devin McBride responded to a report of a possible sex offense committed at Gahimer’s residence in Sequim. A digital video camcorder seized by search warrant contained video recordings of Gahimer and a prepubescent male engaged in sexual activity.

Upon release from prison, Gahimer will be subject to 36 months of community custody with the Department of Corrections. Numerous supervision conditions include no possession or use of Internet capable devices, no possession of alcohol or controlled substances unless prescribed and no contact with minors under the age of 18 years of age.

A sexual assault protection order also was entered prohibiting Gahimer from having any contact with the child victim for the next 10 years.

Gahimer previously had been convicted for rape of a child in the first degree and for dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Those offenses resulted in a treatment-based Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative sentence, (SSOSA), rather than a custodial sentence.