Lawton man to serve 5 years for child porn

A 19-year-old Lawton man pleaded guilty Tuesday to collecting child pornography through social media.

Ashton Michael Marston pleaded guilty in Comanche County District Court to felony charges of possession of juvenile pornography and of violation of an Oklahoma Statute via computer, records indicate.

Chief District Judge Grant Sheperd sentenced Marston to 15 years with the Department or Corrections with five years to serve and 10 years suspended and another five years to run concurrently for the computer crime.

Lawton police began investigating Marston on Dec. 21, 2021, after receiving a report from SnapChat regarding a file of an adult male molesting a prepubescent male, the probable cause affidavit states. Following the cybertrail of the file led investigators to Marston’s home in November 2022.