A Mt. Carmel man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after being convicted last year on 8 counts of child pornography. State’s attorney Kelli Storckman reports that 37 year old Zachary Reed was charged in September of 2022 with the 8 Class X felonies after pornographic images of a 12 year old girl were found on his phone and a laptop. Last September, a Wabash County Jury spent only about an hour before returning the 8 guilty verdicts. In addition to the 60 year prison term, Judge William C. Hudson ordered Reed to serve 3 years to life on mandatory supervised release if he is ever released from prison.
Zachary Reed is led back to the Wabash County Courthouse on September 8, 2023 after a Wabash County Jury found him guilty on 8 counts of child phonography.