A Cass County man will spend close to two decades behind bars on child pornography charges.

Jared A. Logsdon, 40, of Virginia, pleaded guilty on Monday to possession and dissemination of child pornography.

The charges stemmed from an April 2020 investigation into his online activities after authorities received a tip he was distributing child pornography on social media.

Cass County State’s Attorney Craig Miller explains the 9 charges that were brought against Logsdon at the time of his arrest in March: “Count 1 & 2 are Class X felonies and specifically are child pornography either disseminating pictures or obtaining those pictures. The reason those are Class X compared to the Class 1 & 2 felonies like the rest of the charges are, is if the state was able to prove that the minor depicted in those images or videos is under the age of 13. The Class 1 felonies are essentially the same thing but it just lacks an element that the state needs to prove that the minor is under the age of 13, but rather simply some over the age of 18 is disseminating pictures or videos of someone who they knew or should have reasonably known was a minor.”

Logsdon pleaded guilty to four counts, while the others were dismissed per a plea agreement.

Our media partner WLDS reports Logsdon will spend 18 years in total in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Once released, he will serve two years of mandatory supervised release and must register as a sex offender for life.