Kansas City, Kan. ? A suburban Kansas City man was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for running a Web site that offered paid subscribers access to child pornography.

The for-profit site operated by Douglas Welch, 42, of Leawood, offered customers access to thousands of images of girls from 2 to 17 years old, U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren said in a news release.

Welch was found guilty of one count of possessing child pornography at a bench trial Feb. 1.

Investigators served a search warrant in August 2001 where they seized Welch’s computer and found an Internet banner ad Welch created for “Hidden Lolitas.”

According to court records, for $22.95, Welch’s customers received a username and password to allow them to access “over 20,000 Lolita pictures stored on our hidden server,” the site said.