TAMAQUA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities announced a former police officer has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to producing child pornography and creating an animal crush video. The United States Attorney General announced that 31-year-old Christopher J. Cordes from Nazareth was sentenced on Friday, June 5, to 330 months, or 27 and a half years, in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.