An RCMP cruiser can be seen in this file photo. Image: Staff photo

A 25-year-old Saint Andrews man has been sentenced to nine months in jail and 18 months probation after he pled guilty to possessing child pornography.

Mounties say officers searched a home on Queen Street in Saint Andrews on April 20, 2021.

Police seized several electronic devices containing the explicit material and arrested a man at the scene.

Kyle Murray Buchanan appeared in Saint John Provincial Court on July 16, 2021, and was charged with possession of child pornography.

He was released on strict conditions and pled guilty soon after to possession of child pornography.

Buchanan appeared in court on July 21 and was sentenced to nine months in jail followed by 18 months of probation upon his release.

He is now on the National Sex Offender Registry for the next 10 years and will be required to submit a DNA sample. Once he is released from jail, he must abide by court-ordered conditions.

Conditions include not communicating with anyone under the age of 16 and not attending any place where someone under the age of 16 is known to be for five years.

The investigation, led by the New Brunswick RCMP’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit, began in October 2020, following information received from the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre.

The ICE united includes members from the Saint John Police Force and the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force. The RCMP’s Digital Forensics Services Unit, Saint John police and the RCMP National Child Exploitation Crime Centre assisted with the investigation.