A man from Jackson County is being charged with a felony for having documents related to child sexual abuse.
The 23-year-old Sylva resident Jacob Colby Nicholson is accused of three felonies related to second-degree sexual exploitation of minors.
A warrant for Nicholson’s arrest was obtained on March 25th in connection with his suspected possession of sexually graphic photos of young children.
He is charged with duplicating various kinds of photos in July 2023. The images show children being sexually abused in a number of unsettling ways, such as a prepubescent girl being raped by an adult male, two kids having sex—a girl between the ages of 9 and 13 and a boy between the ages of 9 and 10—and a girl between the ages of 7 and 10.
Second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor is a Class E felony carrying a possible sentence of 15 to 31 months imprisonment if convicted.
Nicholson was booked into the Jackson County Detention Center and released under a $75,000 secured bond.
