Hardin Co. man sentenced to over 12 years after pleading guilty to 42 child porn charges

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A Hardin County man has been sentenced to over a dozen years in prison after pleading guilty to 42 child pornography charges.

Eric Easly, 48, of Vine Grove, was formally sentenced Tuesday as a part of a plea agreement on 40 counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of distributing child pornography.

He was one of 10 people arrested during a 10 day, multi-county child predator roundup in 2016 by the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office.

Easley agreed to serve 12 1/2 years in prison, and must register as a lifetime sex offender as well as complete a sex offender treatment program.

By Ken Howlett, News Director

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