A 26-year-old from Blount County will spend the next 189 months, or just under 16 years, in prison following a federal sentencing hearing on Wednesday, April 16.

Law enforcement found 4,324 images of child pornography that Gerdeman had received on various dates, according to the DOJ.

An 18-year-old murder suspect being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center was charged with a felony sex crime for allegedly asking a 16-year-old acquaintance to expose herself over the jail’s ...