England was sentenced to serve between 12-30 years in prison.
England was sentenced to serve between 12-30 years in prison.(Southern Regional Jail)

PRINCETON, W.Va. – A man from Athens was sentenced to prison for sex crime against a child, the Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney said.

According to the Prosecuting Attorney, Brian Cochran, 53-year-old Richard Aaron England was sentenced to the max penalty of 12-30 years in prison for his two convictions 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.

Cochran said in a press release that England will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, and will serve an additional 20 years of supervised release when he gets out of prison.

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