UPDATE: MERCER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man was sentenced Friday morning in Mercer County for possessing child pornography depicting violence against a child.
Matthew Billings was sentenced to the maximum prison sentence on all counts, to be run consecutively. 5-15, 5-15, 1-5, and 2 years. Total of 13-37 years.
Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Brian Cochran said, “Our Mercer County Sheriff’s Department Detective Steve Sommers did an excellent job on this case, and we all recommended and agree with the maximum sentences handed down today by Circuit Court Judge Derek Swope.”Cochran further stated that Judge Swope also ordered that Billings be placed on 50 years of extended/enhanced supervision whenever Billings is eventually released from prison.
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MERCER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – On April 8, 2021, Matthew Billings, 30, of Rock, was arrested by Detective-Sergeant S. A. Sommers for the possession of child pornography depicting violence against a child.
Matthew Billings is currently being held at the Southern Regional Jail on a $30,000 bond.
The arrest is a result of an ongoing investigation involving the Virginia State Police, West Virginia State Police Crimes Against Children Unit, West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department.