Jan. 17—ANDERSON — An Anderson man has been sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty to seven counts of child exploitation and sexual misconduct with a minor.
Lonnie Hoskins, 32, was arrested in August following an investigation, conducted by the Hamilton County Metro Child Exploitation Task Force, in which police found five files depicting girls under the age of 10 involved in sexual activity with men.
Madison Circuit Court Division 3 Judge Andrew Hopper sentenced Hoskins to 25 years with 18 years to be served at the Indiana Department of Correction and seven years suspended to formal probation.
Hoskins was also ordered to register as a sex offender for life.
The state’s case was presented by deputy prosecutor Dan Kopp.
Detective Christoher Borgmann reported that Hoskins admitted to distributing child sexual material 100-150 times. He also admitted to having sexual contact with a juvenile at least six times over the course of about a year, as recently as Aug. 16, according to Borgmann.
During a Kids Talk forensic interview a 15-year-old girl told investigators there had been sexual activity with Hoskins, police reported.
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