BARNSTABLE, MASS. (WHDH) - A Barnstable man is facing charges after his third arrest for child pornography possession, police said.
Officers responding to a home on Gosnold Street in Hyannis on Thursday to assist a parole officer with a home visit of a parolee arrested Robert Laplante, 62, after finding images of alleged child pornography during the visit, according to Barnstable police.
Laplante, a Level 3 sex offender, was arrested on a charge of possession of child pornography, third offense.
In 2005, Laplante pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping and photographing naked children between 1996 and 2004. He was sentenced to 6 to 9 years in jail with 10 years probation upon his release.
A third offense carries a minimum mandatory prison sentence of 10 years.
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