Paducah man to spend 12 years behind bars for child porn

A Paducah man was sentenced to prison Wednesday for federal child porn offenses.

According to court documents, 34-year-old Zacharias Schlipf was sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in prison, with five years of supervised release.

In April of last year, his home was searched and equipment was seized, leading to the discovery of 700 videos containing child porn.

The case was investigated by the FBI Paducah Satellite Office and the Kentucky State police Cyber Crimes unit.