Police began investigating William Wallace, 58, of Princeton, last year after a female client accused him of having sex with her to pay off a $550 debt for legal work in a civil case.

Charges in that matter were dropped in a plea deal in which he admitted to the child pornography that police found while searching his computer.

The Princeton Daily Clarion reported the female client objected during Tuesday's court hearing to Wallace getting no jail time. She told the judge that Wallace betrayed the trust of his clients.

Special prosecutor Jonathan Parkhurst said that Wallace will be monitored while on probation.

Wallace had been a candidate for county prosecutor when news of the investigation broke.