Sentenced for child porn

A Chico man was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison on Friday (Nov. 4) for receipt of child pornography.

Agents served a search warrant at Frank Coon’s apartment in March 2012 and found him at the keyboard of his computer, according to a press release from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. His computer contained 117 videos of child pornography, some of it graphic and violent.

At sentencing, U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell stated that Coon had committed perjury when he testified during his three-day trail in May. Burrell handed down such a lengthy sentence in part because Coon, 52, blamed other people for his actions. He will be supervised for 20 years after his release and must register as a sex offender.