Former Campbell County District Judge Timothy Nolan has pleaded guilty to numerous felony charges, including human trafficking of adults, promoting human trafficking of minors and unlawful transaction with minors.
As part of his plea agreement with prosecutors from Attorney General Andy Beshear’s Special Prosecutions Division, Nolan pleaded guilty to 21 counts against 19 victims and prosecutors’ recommended sentences totaling 20 years in prison.
Nolan, 71, of California, Ky., a former local school board member, was originally charged in a criminal complaint by the Campbell County Police Department for crimes that occurred between 2010 and 2017. That complaint alleged that Nolan committed human trafficking with a minor by subjecting a child under age 18 to engaging in commercial sexual activity.
He was later indicted on 28 felony counts and two misdemeanor counts.
“The punishment in this case does not undo the trauma inflicted on the victims, but it brings closure and some justice,” Beshear said. “I want to thank the Campbell County Police Department and our special prosecutions team for working this case.”
As part of his plea agreement, Nolan will pay a total of $110,000, a large portion of which will go into the Human Trafficking Victims Fund established by Kentucky lawmakers in 2013.
Nolan is subject to lifetime sex offender registration.
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fusir ago
I wish they were less vague. When it comes to sex crimes they like to give things horrible names that are vague which on the worst level may be very different than what they did. Details. People deserve them.
This could be teen prostitution which is bad but it's not selling 5 year olds across the boarder to be put in snuff films is it?
Seeing as there are more counts than victims whatever it was was closer to the first than the second which is ironic considering how it effects sentencing.
shoosh ago
Any kind of child trafficking and rape from an adult would be horrific unless the adults have groomed the child to like it or accept it. Then the child might not view it as a horrific situation - depending on the child.
Of course this kind of manipulation is why kids need to be protected from adult perv perps.
I can't see that a snuff film would be any worse. The torment would end quickly rather than go on and on. It's shitty to think about either options - that's why this human perversion needs the rope.