Paris man sentenced to 11 years on child pornography charges

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – A Paris man has received an 11-year sentence on child pornography charges.

Matthew Tipton, 26, of Paris, was found guilty in Bourbon Circuit Court Dec. 14, 2016 of 20 counts of Possession of Child Pornography, and was recommended an 11-year sentence.  He must also register as a sex offender upon release.

He was indicted by a Bourbon County Grand Jury in September 2015.

Following execution of a search warrant at Tipton’s home in 2015, the Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes Unit seized multiple computers and external hard drives containing child pornography. They were able to uncover more than 2,000 images and 150 videos depicting child pornography stored on those devices.