Kentucky man released from prison by ex-Gov. Matt Bevin arrested on federal child porn charges

[Eugene]

Source: NBC News

Kentucky man released from prison by ex-Gov. Matt Bevin arrested on federal child porn charges

The latest charges stem from the same sexual assault that Dayton Jones pleaded guilty to in state court.

April 7, 2020, 8:37 PM EDT
By Tim Stelloh

A Kentucky man whose state prison sentence for a 2014 sexual assault was commuted last year by former Gov. Matt Bevin has been arrested on federal child pornography charges, authorities said Tuesday.

In a statement, federal prosecutors in the Western District of Kentucky said Dayton Jones, 24, faces one charge of producing child sex abuse material. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

Jones had been serving 15 years for the state charges.

The crimes alleged Tuesday stem from the same 2014 sexual assault. In an earlier case brought by local prosecutors, Jones pleaded guilty to state charges, including sodomy and the distribution of material depicting sexual performance of a minor.

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Bevin said he commuted Jones' sentence because he believed there was "zero" evidence linking him to the crime except for the "testimony of kids who were getting a better deal by throwing [him] under the bus," the Courier-Journal newspaper of Louisville reported.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-man-released-prison-ex-governor-matt-bevin-arrested-federal-n1178766

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. So very not surprised!

Matt Bevin is a scum-sucking bottom dweller former governor, and Dayton Jones did not deserve to have his sentence commuted.

[Initech]

2. Fool me once, shame on you!

[MerryBlooms]

3. Maybe Bevin is a member of the same child porn club... I read some folks are wondering.

Nasty man.

[Cha]

4. good job, bevin

[SunSeeker]

5. Who could have seen that coming? EVERYONE.

[Warpy]

6. It looks like he didn't reoffend

so there is one thing to be grateful for. He just got nailed on the Federal charges that might or might not have still been pending had he completed his sentence on thestate charges.

However, I sincerely doubt he would have gone straight. Guys with this serious a sexual screw loose generally need many, many years of voluntary therapy to keep their demons under control. He didn't get it and is unlikely to have sought it.

[Thekaspervote]

7. Go gop!! Showing your true colors..no surprise here

[DanieRains]

8. Sometimes You Gotta Call Em As You See Em

More than one person pardoned by a governor had done bad things.

I still like the idea of governors having the power to look at a case and try to make wrongs right.

Bevin in a piece of garbage, but this is only one case.

Unless you have a crystal ball.....

There are a lot of people in prison who are innocent, but couldn't afford a dream team.

Then there are a lot of guilty people.

The biggest problem is the folks like Trump never have to go to prison.

[diverdownjt]

9. This GOP/child porn shit goes back to the 60's...

Poppy bush included...

It used to seem so far-fetched but with the persistence of rumors it becomes more
believable...

I don't believe in the devil or demons...mankind is perfectly capable of committing
atrocities...just read a history book.

[Norbert]

10. Thank God Bevin is no longer Kentucky Governor

I can only imagine the COVID-19 daily shit show if he was reelected.

Beshear is doing an excellent job but now he is also left with cleaning some Bevin messes.