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East End architect Sears pleads not guilty

Jay Lockett Sears age 73, leaving Federal Court

Photo credit: John Roca | Jay Lockett Sears age 73, leaving Federal Court in Central Islip following his arraignment on child pornography charges handed down by a grand jury. (March 11, 2013).

A well-known East End architect pleaded not guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip to an indictment charging him with six counts of possessing child pornography.

Jay Lockett Sears, 73, of Quogue was arrested in January by FBI agents and Suffolk detectives, who said he took pictures of young children and superimposed their faces or his own on the faces of people engaged in adult...

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