LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A former county official in Magoffin County has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he used a computer to attempt to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Federal prosecutors say former deputy Judge-Executive Walter Edward Hardin also pleaded guilty on Wednesday to receiving child pornography images. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.

Hardin was charged after chatting online with an undercover
officer from the Kentucky State Police. A statement from the U.S.
Attorney's office in Lexington says the officer was posing as a
14-year-old. Hardin was arrested after arriving at a location where
he thought he would be meeting the teen.

Authorities also found child pornography images on his computer
at the judge-executive's office.

Hardin is scheduled to be sentenced on June 22.