Child porn trial ends with guilty verdict

Dale Allen Fraley
Dale Allen Fraley

ASHLAND, Ky. — A federal jury has found a Lawrence County man guilty of child porn charges last week.

Dale Allen Fraley, 50, of Louisa, was found guilty of five counts of producing, four counts of receiving, one count of distributing, and one count of possessing child pornography, following a three-day trial and about two hours of deliberations.

According to testimony presented at trial, Fraley would adopt various online personas in order to threaten young girls to send him sexual pictures and videos or to video chat with him live.

Fraley will be sentenced Oct. 18.