BG man sentenced to prison for pandering

Prosecutors recommend prison for man who pleaded guilty to child sex abuse material charges

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- Prosecutors are recommending a five-year prison sentence for an Austintown man who pleaded guilty Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to child pornography charges. Sentencing will be July 8 for Robert Casey, 73, who entered guilty pleas before Judge R. Scott Krichbaum to five counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, a fourth-degree felony. Defense attorney John Shultz is expected to argue for a lesser…

BG man sentenced to prison for pandering

A Bowling Green man has been sentenced to prison for pandering obscenity. Keith Knight,34, was transported from the jail May 8 to the courtroom of Wood County Common Pleas Court Judge Joel Kuhlman. He had been indicted in July for pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person, a fourth-degree felony. He pleaded guilty to the charge in February. Defense attorney Christopher Zografides said his client’s only other criminal behavior was …

Bragging child rapist now faces 40-year prison sentence

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A man convicted of raping a child and then bragging about it in jail was sentenced to 40 years in prison without possibility of parole on Friday. David Pruett was found guilty during a two-day bench trial back in August, stemming from a case involving the sexual exploitation of a minor. DUI suspect charged with hitting patrol car, chase Back in 2019, Pruett took photos of a minor engaged in a sexual act. Once the hard dri…

Man sentenced to 40 years for child sex crimes

A Shelby County judge sentenced a man to 40 years in prison, with no parole, for child exploitation.

Tomah man sentenced to 17 years for child sex crimes

SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) -- A Tomah man will spend 17 years in prison for child sex crimes.

How years-old cases against an accused online child predator came to a ‘reluctant’ end

RAY, N.D. — In the summer of 2022, investigators at the Williams County Sheriff’s Department in northwest North Dakota received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Several horrific images involving young children had allegedly been uploaded from an IP address associated with a device at a home in the town of Ray, population 750. On Aug. 19, 2022, law enforcement carried out search warrants at Gary Donnelly’s reside…