Former deputy pleads guilty to producing child pornography

NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A former Nicholas County Sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Thursday to the production of child pornography.

According to court documents, Jarrod Bennett recorded two videos of one young victim.

Investigators say he admitted to saving the videos on his Snapchat account and then transmitted them over the internet in the process.

Bennett has since been fired as a deputy. He faces a minimum of 15 years in jail and will be sentenced in June.

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