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Magoffin man pleads guilty to child sexual abuse material, sex crime against animal
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT SALYERSVILLE — Salyersville resident Kent Simpkins, 43, will face a decade behind bars following a guilty plea to multiple felonies involving child sexual abuse material and a sex crime against an animal, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced. The investigation of Simpkins began following a tip to the National Center for Missing and
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Delbarton man arrested for allegedly storing over 600 child pornography images
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT WILLIAMSON — A Mingo County man was arrested and jailed on child pornography charges. Terry Randall Hinkle, 55, of Delbarton, was apprehended Feb. 21 by the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Marshals Cuffed Task Force based on a warrant alleging he possessed more than 600 child pornography images in a
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Suspected child predator arrested
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT GRETHEL — In a crackdown on internet crimes, Prestonsburg Police Department Detective Brad Caldwell arrested a Floyd County man suspected in a child pornography case. Caldwell, who has specialized training in internet crimes against children, acted on a tip received Dec. 5 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The
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Pike County man arrested for child exploitation materials
VIRGIE — The Electronic Crime Branch of the Kentucky State Police apprehended a Pike County man Thursday in connection with child exploitation materials. Gary Don Hampton, 46, was detained at a Virgie residence following an undercover investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children task force. The investigation commenced after the Electronic Crime Branch identified the
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Louisa man arrested on 20 counts of possessing child pornography
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LOUISA — A 33-year-old Lawrence County man, Russell L. Pack, faces 20 counts of possessing child pornography after his arrest Thursday by the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch. The arrest followed an investigation that uncovered Pack’s involvement in uploading sexually explicit images of minors online. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task
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Federal jury convicts Martin County man of producing, trafficking child pornography
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — A federal jury convicted a Martin County man of six counts of producing and trafficking child pornography. The jury deliberated less than three hours April 12, following a three-day trial in U.S. District Court in Pikeville, and convicted 59-year-old Donald York of Beauty. According to evidence presented in
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Logan coffee shop owner charged with sexual assault
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOGAN, W.Va. — The owner of a popular coffee shop in Logan was arrested Thursday on multiple charges including first-degree sexual assault. Michael Cline, owner of the Hot Cup Coffee Shop, was taken into custody by the West Virginia State Police for charges including first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault
