(12/19/2018) - A man accused of photographing young boys at the Walmart in Grand Blanc Township will be sent to prison, but not for that.

Steven Turton, 59, was sentenced to spend five to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to 12 felony charges, including possession of child pornography.

Turton, who has a previous rape conviction on his record, was arrested in April 2017 after investigators found evidence of him downloading child pornography onto a computer.

While investigating that case, police discovered he also had been photographing young boys at the Walmart on South Saginaw Road and sharing those photos with other pedophiles online.

Turton was only charged with child pornography crimes, but police say there are no laws preventing him from photographing people in a store.

Police at the time said they could not share photographs Turton took at the Walmart for parents to see whether their children had been included because the images are part of an investigation.