On February 9 in Marshall County Circuit Court, Stephen A. Gray, a 62 year old male from Olive was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Gray had been charged with sexual abuse first degree victim less then twelve years old, possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, and distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor.
The charges stemmed from an investigation conducted by Detective Lieutenant Matt Hilbrecht and was assisted by Investigator Tom Bell, with the Kentucky Office of Attorney General Cyber Crimes Branch.
The defendant was initially charged in 2014 with sexual abuse first degree after being interviewed and confessing to the charges.
Further investigation lead to search warrants being issued for the defendant’s home computers, which yielded imagines of child pornography and evidence of those images being transmitted via the internet.