JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) – A Jefferson County man has been sentenced to 57 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

On Tuesday June 25, 28 year old Anthony Powell entered a please of guilty to charges of Predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under 13 years of age and 2 counts of Production / Possession of Child Pornography victim under 13 years of age. 

The sentence comes after an investigation in March of this year.