A Pana man has pleaded guilty to five counts of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 30 years consecutively in the Illinois Department of Corrections along with a $5,000 fine. Billy J. Hulfachor of Pana, was originally facing 10 charges of child pornography with the victim under the age of 13 and violation of the sex offender registry. 

Hulfachor pleaded guilty to five counts of child pornography.  All other charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal. Hulfachor was sentenced for the first count to ten years in IDOC followed by three years to natural life of mandatory supervised release (MSR) or parole, to be served at the rate of 50%. For counts 2,3,7, and 9, Hulfachor was sentenced to five years in the Department of Corrections followed by 3 years to life of MSR on each count. 

Hulfachor had been previously charged and convicted in Edgar County for four years for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of someone under the age of 13. He was also charged in Sangamon County for failure to register on the Sex Offender list.