BUCYRUS—Crawford County Prosecutor Matthew Crall announced the plea and sentencing of Jerry Bailey, 39, from Crestline.
Specifically, Bailey pled guilty to three counts of Pandering Sexually Orientated Matter Involving a Juvenile in violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 2907.322, all felonies of the second degree.
Bailey was accused in Crawford County Common Pleas Court of downloading and saving hundreds of images of child pornography to his cellular device for later use.
Mr. Bailey was sentenced to a minimum sentence of eighteen years and a maximum sentence of twenty-two years for his crimes.
Prosecutor Crall stated, “We are satisfied that this sentence provides sufficient disincentive to those who would save and reproduce such ghastly images. Our community is safer when such offenders securely behind bars.”
Upon release from prison, Bailey will be required to register as a sex offender every one hundred eighty days for twenty-five years.
“We cannot undo the harm done to these young children whose innocence have been stolen from them; fortunately, we can punish those who create a market for these horrible images,” Crall said.
The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force collaborated in the investigation of this matter.