Procuring clean urine from his eight-year-old son in an attempt to pass a drug test has landed a Warren man a state prison sentence.

Andrew Cornelius will spend the next year plus the state correctional system after Judge Gregory Hammond levied his sentence on Friday for charges including defiant trespass, corruption of minors and obstructing the administration of law or governmental function.

Warren County Adult Probation Department officers, with the assistance of the Conewango Township Police Department, arrested and said in a press release that Cornelius “provided a fake urine sample during a urine screen on August 2, 2016 while at a scheduled Probation office appointment.”

Cornelius then attempted to get the real thing.

“Multiple community members called local law enforcement agencies in Warren reporting that the defendant was coming to their residences asking for them to provide clean urine,” the Probation Department alleged. “One community member stated that the defendant walked into their home and demanded an eight-year-old juvenile to provide urine for him.”

At the time of arrest, Probation said that a “second urine screen was conducted at the jail which tested positive for multiple substances.”

Cornelius’ attorney, Assistant Public Defender Nicholis Milardo, pointed out that Cornelius has a zero prior record score, has concern for his client’s mental health and noted that probation falls in the standard range.

District Attorney Rob Greene said that he is seeking an aggravated sentence that includes state prison.

He said that Cornelius was initially on probation for simple assault against the son’s mother.

Greene pointed to Cornelius’ apparent “self-centeredness” and claimed that he “doesn’t care (about) trying to corrupt the morals” of the son.

Since incarcerated, Greene said he has never seen this many misconducts from one inmate in his career.

“This is just someone that doesn’t get it,” Greene said, calling Cornelius “unbelievably unruly at the Warren County Jail.

State prison is “where Mr. Cornelius needs to be,” he concluded.

Hammond said that Cornelius has exhibited a “total inability” to follow the rules of supervision, resulting in 11 misconducts totaling over 600 days in lock up.

“That’s a record for me as well,” he said. “You’re an extremely dismal prospect for any rehabilitation.”

Hammond said that he was pushing the sentence in to the aggravated range because of the age of the victim and the nature of the conduct.

He then sentenced Cornelius to three months to one year incarceration in state prison and a $300 fine on a count of defiant trespass. He was sentenced to an additional six months to two years, $1,375 in fines and fees, participate in a drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment and to have no contact with the victim or trespass on the victim’s property on a count of corruption of minors. For obstructing the administration of law/government function, he was sentenced to four months to one year in state prison.