David Henry Teal Newbury Park resident David Henry Teal, 45, was sentenced last week to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to one count of felony possession of child pornography.

“He will serve his sentence at Ventura County Jail or may be approved for work furlough in Camarillo,” Senior Dep. District Attorney Howard Wise said.

Judge Bruce Clark also placed the college computer science teacher on five years’ felony probation Dec. 1 and ordered him to register as a sex offender and attend sex offender counseling.

Ventura County sheriff ’s deputies found 800 child pornography videos and images on Teal’s home computer after a search warrant was executed on Dec. 4, 2008, prosecutors said.

Before the search, Teal had been identified as someone who was downloading and possessing child pornography during an undercover investigation using peer-to-peer file sharing.

Teal’s computer equipment was examined by computer forensic experts with the police department along with members of the Southern California High Tech Task Force, a group of prosecutors and investigators who fight cyber crime.

Thousand Oaks police arrested Teal without incident on Aug. 18, months after computer equipment and digital storage devices were seized from his Newbury Park home.

Bail was set at $50,000. The 6-foot, 200-pound man with brown eyes and black hair was released on Aug. 20.

“Every case is different. Recent case law has said, one computer, one count,” Wise said.

That is why Teal was sentenced for only one count.

Wise had recommended Teal get 365 days for the crime.