Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charge

TYLER � A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Kelly Brian Quinn, 44, of Longview, a former professor at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall. He pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors during an appearance Wednesday in Tyler before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie. Quinn faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.

According to prosecutors, on April 19, 2010, a search warrant was executed on Quinn�s home, and his personal computer was seized. A forensic examination of the seized computer was conducted and found to contain 14 videos and approximately 1,600 images of child pornography. According to authorities, some of the images depicted prepubescent minors under the age of 12 engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and some of the images are considered sadistic or masochistic.