CHILD PORN CASE Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charge
Reported by: Heath Harrison
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Jan. 29, 2013 5:30 PM EST
Updated: Jan. 30, 2013 12:20 PM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
A man who was convicted in the 1980s for a sex crime pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to possession of child porn.
Jonathan Layne, 54, of Charleston admitted that he had hundreds of pictures of minors engaged in a sexually explicit manner on his home computer in 2008.
Layne was previously convicted of first-degree sexual abuse involving a minor in June 1989.
Layne now faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to 20 years in prison because of that previous conviction. He also faces a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced in May.
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Heath Harrison
