Douglas W. Brock, 64, is handcuffed at the end of his sentencing hearing Tuesday to be taken to the Mahoning County jail and then to prison to serve four years on three sex offenses and a weapons offense. (Photo by Ed Runyan)

YOUNGSTOWN — Douglas W. Brock of Sebring was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison after pleading guilty in March to three counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge John Durkin gave Brock, 64, the sentence jointly recommended by prosecutors and the defense. All the charges relate to May 6, 2023 — the date of all the pandering offenses in Brock’s indictment.

The Sebring Police Department acted on a tip from the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in carrying out the investigation that led to the charges.

And in the separate indictment for the weapons offense, Brock is alleged to have possessed a firearm or dangerous ordnance May 6, 2023, despite having been convicted March 10, 1997, in Stark County Common Pleas Court on charges of gross sexual imposition and sexual battery, both mid-level felony offenses.

Brock lived on 20th Street in Canton at the time of those offenses. He was sentenced to one year in prison in 1997, according to Stark County Common Pleas Court records.

Brock is now a tier 3 sex offender, meaning he must register his address with the sheriff in the place where he lives every 90 days for the rest of his life.

Brock gets credit for 10 days spent in the Mahoning County jail awaiting trial.