Images conviction

Mathew P. Parsons, 21, Pullman, was sentenced to 17 days in jail April 19 in superior court after he pleaded guilty to a charge of disclosure of intimate images. Parsons was actually sentenced to 364 days in jail with all but the 17 suspended. He was ordered to begin serving the jail time by May 5.

The charge against Parsons stems from a report by a Pullman woman who said Parsons, who was hired to replace a broken screen on her iPhone, had discovered nude pictures of her on the phone and texted them to his phone.

The victim told Pullman Police Sept. 7 she had located Parsons on the “WSU Free and For Sale” Facebook site where he advertised his service for replacing cell phone screens. She said after she turned the phone over to Parsons he later called her and requested the passcode. He explained he needed the code to check to see if the phone was working properly after he had repaired it.

The victim said she became suspicious when she reviewed the log of calls made on her phone and found one call made to a number which was unfamiliar to her. She realized the call had been made during the time Parsons was in possession of the phone.

In addition to the jail time, Parsons was banned from servicing phones or other electronic devices and ordered to pay $700 in costs and fees.

A second charge of electronic data theft was dropped as part of a plea bargain agreement.