LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Pennsylvania man in Arkansas was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for the production of child sexual abuse material.

Officials said 25-year-old Codi Vaughan of Fair Chance, Pennsylvania, received the sentence. They said Vaughan had been contacting minors and seeking self-produced child pornography for over a year.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Jonathan D. Ross for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Chief United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker handed down the sentence on Thursday.

A federal grand jury indicted Vaughan on June 2, 2023, on five counts of child sexual abuse material and three counts of receipt or distribution of child sexual abuse material, Ross said. Vaughan pleaded guilty to count seven of the indictment on Oct. 1

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