I read an article Feb. 18 regarding a 22-year-old man who was arrested a second time after police discovered he allegedly possessed child pornography. According to the article, he was sentenced to probation on July 11, 2024 for similar crimes. He was originally charged with two counts of possession of child pornography, a level 6 felony, and one count of possession of marijuana, a class B misdemeanor.
Court documents indicate the man only received a sentence for the marijuana charge. He was placed on 365 days of probation, and the child porn charges were dismissed.
Then the man goes out and does it again. Will the charges that were dropped be brought up again or will the court not acknowledge them?
What is wrong with this? A judge dropped the felony charge and sentenced him on the misdemeanor?
I am just having a hard time wrapping my head around this. This is not right. What was the judge thinking?
Cindy Hampton
Crawfordsville
