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Man pleads out in porn case
Posted: Monday, November 04, 2002
KETCHIKAN - A Ketchikan man has pleaded no contest to one count of possessing child pornography.
Lonnie G. Dunkin Jr., 47, entered his plea Friday, 10 days before his trial on computer-related child pornography was set to begin.
Dunkin was indicted in March on 21 counts of distributing and 16 counts of possessing child pornography.
All except one charge will be dropped as part of a plea agreement with the district attorney's office, said Ketchikan Superior Court Judge Trevor Stephens. Under the plea, Dunkin could face up to five years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines. He also will have to register as a sex offender for 15 years.
Sentencing was set for Jan. 10.