A former Kentucky substitute teacher will spend 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.
A U.S. District judge sentenced 50-year-old Leon W. Lussier of Bowling Green on Wednesday on possessing and transporting child pornography charges.
Court records show Lussier was also fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $15,000 to victims in a case involving the sexual abuse of children and the sharing of online child pornography across national borders, including in Canada.
Records state authorities traced an online user account last year to a computer belonging to Lussier, and found more than 800 videos stored on it and 11 DVDs.
At the time, Lussier was employed as a substitute teacher in the Bowling Green Independent School District.