Bad Santa

In this Feb. 6, 2014 photo, William F. Brock Sr., 65, listens to Judge Ronald Rice in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court in Warren, Ohio during his sentencing on 35 child pornography charges. Brock, who often told neighborhood children that he was Santa Claus, was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 to 20 years in prison.

(AP Photo/Ed Runyon, The Vindicator)

WARREN, Ohio — A 65-year-old northeast Ohio man with a flowing white beard who often told neighborhood children he was Santa Claus has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for having child pornography on his computer.

A judge in Trumbull County sentenced Niles resident William F. Brock Sr. on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to 35 child porn charges.

Evidence found on Brock's computer included videos showing rapes being committed against an 8-year-old girl in nearby Austintown by his girlfriend in 2012, prosecutors said.

The girlfriend was sentenced in September to 25 years in prison for raping two children and having sexually explicit images on a cellphone.

A prosecutor says there's no evidence Brock sexually assaulted children.

Brock declined to comment in court.