Warren man pleads guilty to child-porn charges, faces 200 years in prison

WARREN — Vincent E. Heflin, 42, of Blakely Circle Southwest, pleaded guilty Thursday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to 25 child-pornography charges that could result in a prison sentence of 200 years.

A relative told police after seeing some of the images on Heflin’s phone, police said. Heflin committed the offenses on various dates throughout 2015, according to his indictment.

Authorities say they charged Heflin on 25 offenses, but the phone contained 800 or more illegal images, some depicting children as young as toddlers.

The county prosecutor’s office will recommend that Heflin serve five years in prison, said Gabe Wildman, assistant county prosecutor.