Youngstown man gets 10 years for child porn

YOUNGSTOWN

Judge R. Scott Krichbaum called a portion of a pre-sentence report “bunk” that predicted the chances of a man being sentenced to 10 years on child-pornography charges was almost nonexistent.

The judge made the comment just before he sentenced Paul Rektor, 35, of Hollywood Avenue to the 10-year prison term.

Judge Krichbaum said most people who commit the kinds of crimes Rektor pleaded guilty to in January commit them again.

“Frankly, I think when you’ve done what you’ve done, there is a greater chance for recidivism,” Judge Krichbaum said Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Rektor was sentenced on three counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material and nine counts of pandering sexually explicit material involving a minor. All the charges are second-degree felonies.

Rektor was arrested after members of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, city police and the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at his home as part of a child-pornography investigation and found images of child pornography on his computer.

Read more about the case in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.