Man gets 134 years after jury convicts him on 14 child sex abuse material counts
By Madison Taylor, Adam Roberts, DMM
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GREENWOOD, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — A jury found a Greenwood man guilty on 14 counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing a matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child.
Joel Nathan Newberry was sentenced to 134 years in prison.
The investigation began when the messaging app Kik flagged images of child sexual abuse material in December 2024 and notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The center passed the tip along to state police, who linked the IP addresses of Newberry’s phone to the images. They also found that the email address for the Kik account matched Newberry’s.
He told police no one else in his home had access to the account, but said he did not upload the images.
The jury was seated on Apr. 6, 2026, and it convicted Newberry the next day.
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