Former Oxford mayor faces child porn charges
Posted February 8, 2010 8:39 a.m. EST
Updated February 8, 2010 6:47 p.m. EST
Oxford, N.C. — Allie Ellington, who served as mayor of Oxford from 1983 to 1997, has been indicted on three child pornography charges.
Ellington was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of knowingly possessing photos depicting a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and two counts of receiving a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The alleged incidents occurred between March 2003 and March 2008.