Man convicted on child pornography charges after previous Virginia Beach school bomb threat conviction [Video]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Convicted school bomb plotter, Philip Bay was convicted on all 20 counts of child pornography charges on Thursday, according to Virginia Beach’s Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

According to court documents from Jul. 13, 2023, Bay’s charges stem from alleged explicit photos of children between the ages of 8 to 12 years old on a cloud service account linked to Bay’s phone. 

Before he was accused of child pornography, Bay was previously convicted in 2010 of plotting to blow up Landstown High School in Virginia Beach.

Bay was sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiracy after investigators uncovered his plan to carry out a violent attack at Landstown High School on the 10th anniversary of the deadly 1999 Columbine High School mass shooting in …