A Lawrence County man was sentenced to state prison in Butler County Court Thursday after being accused of sending a sexually explicit video through social media to a Butler County teenage girl in January.

Michael P. Mason, 42, of New Castle was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in a state correctional institution by Judge William Shaffer.

Mason previously pleaded guilty to felony criminal use of a communications facility, misdemeanor indecent exposure and open lewdness on Dec. 1.

He was initially charged with felony corruption of minors and criminal use of a communication facility, misdemeanor indecent exposure, unlawful contact with a minor and open lewdness after an incident in Brady Township Jan. 21.

State police filed the charges in May after a four-month investigation into allegations that Mason sent a nude video of himself to a 16-year-old Brady Township girl via Facebook Messenger.

When the girl did not respond to the video, the defendant asked her if she was there. She told him she was upset.

Mason, in turn, allegedly told the girl he had “sent her the wrong video,” documents said. But the teen advised him that she was going to tell her father.

This sentence was set to run concurrent with any other sentence to which Mason is serving.

Mason awaits further court proceedings in Lawrence County on allegations of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, illegally possessing a firearm and threatening her with the gun on April 25.

He is held on $25,000 cash bail in that case.

Mason was accused of grabbing his ex-girlfriend April 25 in New Castle and forcing her into his vehicle. The woman told New Castle police that Mason threatened her with a gun during the hours-long ordeal.

He eventually took the victim, who at the time was nine months pregnant, to Jameson Hospital in New Castle, according to court documents. He dropped her off and drove away.

Mason was arrested the following day after leading police on a chase through five communities in Lawrence County.