Dayton Jones: Felon freed by fmr KY Gov Bevin last year now accused of child porn

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man whose 15-year prison sentence was commuted by former Gov. Matt Bevin on Bevin’s way out of office last fall is now the subject of additional allegations.

Dayton Jones, 24, of Hopkinsville, is accused of producing and sharing child pornography.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Kentucky announced the new charge in a statement Tuesday.

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Jones had previously been convicted of sodomy and wanton endangerment in the brutal attack of a teenager at a party in 2014. Jones was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but was among one of several controversial pardons and commutations by Bevin following the former governor’s unsuccessful bid for re-election late last year.