John Christopher Eckhardt, 32, pled guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and one count of tampering with physical evidence on September 24. He was sentenced to three years in prison each on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of tampering with physical evidence.
Police arrested Eckhardt on February 5 after receiving a call from the Perry County Public Library reporting that a library card holder had possibly been accessing child pornography on a public use computer earlier that day.
Police located Eckhardt at the homeless shelter in Hazard and transported him to the police department where they say he confessed to accessing the sites and also attempted to delete the computer’s browsing history to cover up what sites he had visited.
Eckhardt will be incarcerated for a total of three years as each sentence will be served concurrently, or at the same time. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
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