Rosalia man convicted in child-porn case

SPOKANE – A Rosalia man was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 2, to 10 years in federal prison in a child-pornography case.

Philip Mario Harhill, 74, of Rosalia, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Washington for coercion and enticement of a minior, U.S. Attorney Vanessa R. Waldref said.

U.S. Senior District Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson sentenced Harthill to 120 months to be followed by a life term of supervised release, records show.

Peterson emphasized that “the damage to children” caused by Harthill’s crimes is very “real.”

“This is damage they will carry with them for th...

 

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