COEUR d'ALENE - A 46-year-old Hayden Lake man was sentenced Tuesday to 96 months in prison for distributing child pornography that is an adapted or modified depiction of an identifiable minor, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered John Patrick McClaren to serve 15 years of supervised release following his prison term. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 29.

According to court documents, on Dec. 10, 2009, a Shoshone County deputy, who is a member of the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, developed information that an Internet Protocol address registered to a Hayden Lake residence was involved in the distribution of child pornography using peer-to-peer software.

Following an investigation, McClaren was found to be living at the residence. On Jan. 27, 2010, ICAC members served a federal search warrant at McClaren's residence and seized a laptop computer and two hard-drives.

McClaren was present during the search and agreed to speak to ICAC investigators. During the interview, he admitted that he had been downloading child pornography for several months using peer-to-peer software and the Internet.

A forensic examination by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that the two hard drives removed from McClaren's laptop computer contained at least 160 images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

One image was later identified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be that of a minor from New Hampshire. McClaren forfeited the computer and hard drives used in the offense.