A Salt Lake County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to ordering two sexually explicit videotapes that he admitted would be deemed obscene by Utah community standards.
Prosecutor Richard Lambert said Glen Stoddart, Sandy, responded to an advertisement from A & B Video, Orlando, Fla., which was cooperating with U.S. Postal Service inspectors.In correspondence with the company, Stoddart "indicated the type of materials he was interested in, some of which included minors," Lambert told Utah federal Judge David Winder.
When the two videos were mailed to Stoddart Aug. 21, 1989, the defendant picked them up and was arrested within minutes, the prosecutor said.
Winder scheduled sentencing for July 11. The judge said Stoddart could be sentenced up to five years in prison.
But, in exchange for his guilty plea to the single count of causing non-mailable, obscene materials to be delivered through the U.S. mails, Lambert said he has agreed to recommend Stoddart be placed on probation.