Mercer County man sentenced to prison for child sex crime

Princeton, WV (WOAY) – A Mercer County man is sentenced to prison for child sex crimes before Circuit Judge Mark Wills on March 30, 2025.

53-year-old Richard Aaron England of Athens, West Virginia, was given the maximum sentence of 12 to 30 years in prison.

He was conviction for two counts of Distribution and Exhibition of Material Depicting Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, and Sexual Abuse by a Parent Guardian, Custodian, or a Person in a Position of Trust according to a press release from the office of Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Brian K. Cochran.

England will also be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life and that he serves an additional 20 years of supervised release upon his release from prison.

England was indicted by the June 2024, Mercer County Grand Jury.

 

 

 

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