PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Letcher County man who pleaded guilty to producing child pornography has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Eric Banks, 47, of Isom, pleaded guilty last year to a single federal charge of producing child pornography. In his plea agreement, he admitted to recording at least three videos of his co-defendant, 34-year-old Nicole Combs, engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a 4-year-old boy.
In sentencing him to 360 months in prison, U.S. District Judge Robert Wier gave Banks the maximum possible sentence.
Combs has also reached a plea deal in the case, pleading guilty last month to two counts of producing child porn. She will be sentenced in June.
