NC Pastor Gets Four Years On Child Porn Charges

WKHY radio reports:

An Iredell County pastor has been sentenced to four years in prison after entering a guilty plea on child pornography charges. 66-year-old Tony Ernest Bunton of Statesville, pleaded guilty Monday (September 25) in Iredell County Superior Court to two counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

By pleading guilty, Bunton admitted that he distributed, transported, exhibited, received, sold, purchased, exchanged, or solicited material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity.

Judge William Wood sentenced Bunton to two consecutive sentences of 24 months in prison. He will have to register as a sex offender after he is released. Bunton has been brought to Central Prison in Raleigh to serve his sentence.

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6/Tony Ernest Bunton, a Statesville NC pastor, was arrested with 4 counts of child sexual exploitation in August 2021. While out on bail, he was arrested again for 30 counts of child sexual exploitation in October 2021.https://t.co/Cc9UAXh9Hh

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