BRISTOL MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHILD PORN CHARGES

A Bristol, Virginia man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on child porn charges. The Department of Justice reports that 33-year-old Jonathan Neal Sexton was charged after he sent lewd pictures to a member of the FBI, who he believed was a 14-year-old girl. Sexton had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography in June after he had reportedly used the app, KIK, to chat with the FBI employee between February and March 2020. The investigation was conducted by the FBI, Virginia State Police, U.S. Marshal's Service, and the Bristol Police Department. 

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