A Pittsfield man is headed to state prison on charges that he failed to comply with sexual offender requirements.

Tyler M. Engle, 27, was sentenced on a felony count of providing accurate information and a summary count of driving while under suspension before Judge Gregory Hammond on Friday.

Youngsville Police told the Times Observer in October that Engle “was picked up by Youngsville Borough Police…at (a) community recreational park sitting in a motor vehicle.”

He entered the guilty pleas last month.

Chief Public Defender John Parroccini noted Engle had no write-ups during his incarceration in the county jail and noted that his client faces a federal probation violation.

District Attorney Rob Greene said before yesterday that he had a different perspective on this case, one that aligned with Parroccini’s perspective.

Greene cited a four-page letter Engle sent to the court which details that he is a changed person and that his grandmother needs him.

He said it was “almost a perfect letter” and “would be what defense wants him to say.”

But, Greene pointed out that “we record phone calls from the Warren County Jail to mothers and grandmothers.”

Greene then read portions of the transcripts from those calls, describing his “last words to his grandma.”

On Oct. 4, Greene said Engle told her to get money to get him an attorney and she said she didn’t have any.

Per Greene, Engle responded by saying “if you don’t get a lawyer, you better hope I don’t get out” and also called her a “(expletive) idiot.”

The next day, he called his mother and, presumably referring to the conversation with his grandmother, said: “she’s going to die anyways.”

He called grandma back as well and said told her “You’re as dumb as a brick” and asked, “What the (expletive) is wrong with you?”

Greene said he also told her “Grandma, you’re going to die anyway, why do you care?”

Engle apologized and reiterated he has been close with his grandmother.

“That does sound real bad but… (I’m) sorry I had said that… I’m sorry.”

Hammond described Engle as a “phony” and a “hypocrite” who tried “to fleece a dying grandmother,” calling the entire incident “heartbreaking” for her.

Circling back to the failure to register charge, Hammond noted that he was living in an apartment complex with families and children without reporting it to the state police and noted that it was his grandmother’s vehicle that he was driving which was also not registered with the state police.

“You’re exposing the community to danger,” he said.

Hammond then sentenced Engle to 14 to 48 months in state prison, $1,625 in fines and fees, to undergo a drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and comply with recommendations, submission of a DNA sample and credit for 103 days time served on the providing accurate information charge. He is not boot camp or recidivism risk reduction incentive eligible.

On a count of driving while under suspension, he was sentenced to $245 in fines and fees and a 12-month license suspension.

He is listed on the Megan’s Law website as a Tier I offender – which requires a 10-year registration period. That period commenced on May 26, 2016.

That stems from a plea that he made in federal court back in 2016.

The Times Observer previously reported that Engle was sentenced to 35 months in federal prison in May 2016.

Federal officials alleged that Engle “possessed computer images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.”