PRESS RELEASE
May 12, 2008
Lexington, Ky. — A Bourbon County Man, 40-year-old Karl Gene Klickner, was sentenced today to 190 months and a lifetime of supervised release by United States Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.
“Your conduct is disturbing,” said Judge Hood. “Not only were you looking at these pictures but you were showing them to others and seemed proud about it.”
During his guilty plea in February 2008, Klickner admitted that on October 30, 2006 he knowingly received graphic images depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Judge Hood also revealed during sentencing that some of the children depicted in the images were toddlers.
Klickner invited several neighbors to view some of the pictures and attempted to solicit the images. However, the neighbors immediately reported Klickner to Kentucky State Police. All the materials used to view these images were forfeited to the United States.
Klickner possesses a lengthy criminal history but none of his crimes involve child pornography.
James A. Zerhusen, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Rodney Brewer, Commissioner of Kentucky State Police (KSP) jointly made the announcement today after the sentencing. KSP detective Clyde Bertram was the lead investigator.
Under federal law, Klickner must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. The United States was represented by Assistant United States Attorney Hydee R. Hawkins.