An Assumption man was in Christian County criminal court after being accused of 20 counts of child pornography. 41-year-old Nicholas Vaughn of Assumption was in criminal court on Friday charged with child pornography dissemination of a minor under the age of 13. If found guilty, the charges combined will amount to 12-60 years as they are mandatory consecutive according to Christian County State’s Attorney John McWard.
The state has filed a motion to deny pretrial release and Vaughn is trying to secure an attorney for that case so it has been pushed to April 15th at 2 PM.