Hillsboro man reaches plea agreement on porn charges
Staff writer
After spending more than two months in jail since he was arrested on suspicion of probation violation, a Hillsboro man is scheduled to enter a plea agreement Tuesday in three cases.
One is his second case alleging sexual exploitation of a child by being in possession of child pornography.
Bane L. Spurlin, 21, Hillsboro, was charged Nov. 22 with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child for having child pornography on his computer. According to a complaint filed against him, Spurlin was in possession of the pornographic materials Aug. 19.
After a mediation conference Thursday, he is expected to enter a plea agreement Tuesday on the sexual exploitation case and two cases alleging violation of the offender registration act filed Sept. 3 and Dec. 5.
Spurlin was charged April, 2022, when he was a Goessel High School senior, with four counts of sexual exploitation of a child for having child pornography on his computer.
The complaint in that case said offenses took place between July 18 and Nov. 2, 2021.
He pleaded guilty Nov. 14, 2023, and was sentenced to three years’ community corrections.
Terms of the plea agreement he is scheduled to accept were not available.