Jeffery Wayne Brooks, who plead guilty to several counts of sexual crimes against a child, received his sentence from Logan Circuit Judge Tyler L. Gill on Thursday.

In February, Brooks had plead guilty to one count each of second degree rape, third degree rape and possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, and two counts each of use of a minor under the age of 16 in a sexual performance, promoting a sexual performance by a minor under 16, first degree unlawful transaction with a minor and prohibited use of an electronic communications system to procure minor referenced sex offense.

Brooks was sentenced to a total of 30 years on all counts.

The underlying charges involved two instances in which Brooks videotaped himself having sexual intercourse with a minor under the age of sixteen.

The case revolved around child pornography found on Brooks’ laptop computer and some CDs in his possession.

Two of the items included video of Brooks having sex with a young girl.

During the February plea hearing, Brooks admitted to Gill that in the first video he was about 31 years old and his victim was 12 or 13. In the second video, Brooks said the victim was 14 or 15.

Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Joe Ross said in his address to the court that he was pleased that the victim was not forced to go through a trial and that a jury did not have to view images he described as “disturbing.”

“This is a good victory in the fight against child sexual abuse,” Ross said. “Hopefully this case can serve to draw attention to this problem in April, a month dedicated to awareness for child abuse. This case and others should serve as a notice that the Logan County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office takes these charges very seriously and intends to prosecute them to the fullest.”

Because of the nature of the offenses, Brooks must serve 20 years before he is eligible to go before the parole board.

In addition to the 30 year sentence, Brooks must also complete a five year period of probation after the thirty years sentence is complete – known as a conditional discharge period. If Brooks violates the terms of his probation during that period of time, he will have to serve the remainder of that five years in prison.

This means that Brooks, now 37 old, should be under the supervision of the Kentucky Department of Corrections at least into his early seventies, with the first twenty years of that supervision being in the custody of one of the state correctional facilities.