Man Who Offered Online Session With 8-Year-Old In Exchange For Child Porn Pleads Guilty

  • Thursday, June 20, 2019
James Nickolas Renfro
James Nickolas Renfro

A man who authorities say offered an online chat with an eight-year-old girl in exchange for child pornography has pleaded guilty to child porn charges.

James Nickolas Renfro, 27, appeared before Judge Curtis Collier.

Authorities said Renfro placed an online advertisement about the chat with the girl, and the ad included photos of her naked in a bathtub. 

Renfro later acknowledged that the girl was the daughter of his ex-girlfriend.

Renfro faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

His sentencing will be Oct. 9.

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