KSP arrests Pulaski couple on child sex crimes

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Kentucky State Police arrested a Pulaski County couple this week on numerous child sex crime charges.

State Police say 37-year-old Christopher Sean Ethridge and 28-year-old Amy Ethridge of Somerset were arrested as the result of an undercover operation by the KSP Electronic Crime Branch after discovering Christopher Ethridge was sharing sexually explicit images of a young juvenile online.

Christopher Ethridge is currently charged with one count of sodomy first degree, one count of use of a minor under the age of 16 in a sexual performance, nine counts of of distribution of matter portraying a minor under the age of 12 in a sexual performance, and one count of procuring or promoting the use of a minor by an electronic means.

Christopher Ethridge was also charged with 20 counts of possession of matter portraying a minor under the age of 12 in a sexual performance.

Amy Ethridge faces the same charges, minus the first-degree sodomy charge.

Both were lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center.