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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday recently announced that a former IT tech for a Washington County school district was jailed up to eight years for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). 

A Washington County Judge sentenced 48-year-old Jason Wayne Ayres yesterday to 4 to 8 years in prison, following Ayres’ guilty plea to two felony counts of sexual abuse of children.   

Ayres was a contracted IT tech for Peters Township School District at the time of his arrest, and the charged conduct does not involve students at that district. 

Ayres must register as a sex offender for 15 years following release from prison as part of the sentence. 

The Office of Attorney General received a tip in 2025 regarding file-sharing at the home of Ayres and eventually served a search warrant at his home in Washington, Pennsylvania.  

Ayres was taken into custody at a school and he admitted to having child sexual abuse material on a laptop.