Cecilia man facing nearly 160 state child porn charges indicted by federal grand jury

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A Hardin County man already facing nearly 160 felony child porn charges has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

James Carroll, 20, of Cecilia, who served as a dispatcher for Hardin County E-911, was indicted in U.S. District Court in Louisville on one count of receiving child pornography. The crime involves a girl from Hardin County and one girl from Meade County. According to a report in The News-Enterprise, Carroll went to church with the two girls.

The newspaper reports that the federal complaint states that “Car­roll created mul­ti­ple false social me­dia profiles in an effort to com­mu­ni­cate and deceive minors to obtain nude images through online sites including Instagram and Snapchat.” A search of Carroll’s iPad revealed “numerous nude and partially nude images of minors.”

The state charges Carroll faces include nine counts of use of a minor younger than 16 in a sexual performance, 50 counts of use of a minor younger than 18 in a sexual performance and 100 counts of possessing matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance.

The suspect faces dozens of years in prison if convicted of all charges.

Carroll is free on a $100,000 unsecured bond.

By Ken Howlett, News Director

Contact Ken at ken@k105.com