Kearney man sentenced to 27 years for child pornography offences

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 22:48 · Archive

Paul J. Gray, 51, was sentenced to just under 27 years in federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography.

Paul J. Gray, 51, from Kearney, Nebraska, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Lincoln to just under 27 years in total imprisonment for child pornography offences. U.S. District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Gray to 25 years for one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. An additional just under two years was imposed for violating the terms of his supervised release on a previous federal conviction for failure to register as a sex offender. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively, totalling 321 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Upon release, Gray will begin a lifetime term of supervised release. He was ordered to pay £5,000 to funds established for victims of such cases.

Gray has a history of prior convictions. He was convicted in June 1996 for two counts of third-degree sexual assault without consent in Lincoln County, both involving minors. On 4 March 2008, he was convicted for one count of production of child pornography and sentenced to 18 years with five years of supervised release. Most recently, on 10 April 2024, he was convicted for one count of failure to register as a sex offender and sentenced to one year in jail with ten years of supervised release to follow. He began that supervised release at the end of December 2025.

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• Kearney man sentenced to more than 26 years for child pornography chargesPaul J. Gray, 51, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Lincoln for one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.1011Now · 8 Oct, 22:32
• Kearney man sentenced to more than 26 years for child pornography chargesPaul J. Gray, 51, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Lincoln for one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.WOWT · 8 Oct, 22:32

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