SMITH COUNTY, Texas — A former firefighter will serve 18 years in prison for uploading pornographic images 278 times of minors on Snapchat while on duty.
Silas Franks, 25, of Terrell, entered a guilty plea Thursday on seven counts of possession of child pornography with the intent to promote. In some of the pornographic pictures, Franks was seen wearing a uniform of a volunteer fire department.
Franks is a former employee with the Smith County Emergency Services District No. 2 as a Red Springs Volunteer Fire Department firefighter.
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