FOR THOSE FOLLOWING THE RICHARD LEAF CASE--RETIRED HARRISON TEACHER, ANNOUNCER---SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS

LOHUD-An acclaimed teacher and sports announcer whose arrest on child pornography charges three years ago shocked the Harrison school and Westchester athletics communities was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison by a judge who called his crimes "the intentional exploitation" of teenagers.

"He took advantage of the most vulnerable people in our society, children," U.S. District Judge Philip Halpern said of 76-year-old Richard Leaf in White Plains federal court. "He knew exactly what he was doing."

Leaf was arrested in February 2021 after authorities found his computer contained child pornography and naked images of a 15-year-old boy who Leaf met on Skype while posing as a teenager himself. MORE AT Announcer, retired Harrison teacher gets 10 years prison for child porn (lohud.com)