Man gets prison on child sex crimes

NORWALK — A Huron County judge sentenced a man to 15 to 18 years in prison for child sex crimes. Paul R. Doughty, 47, whose listed address is the Huron County Jail, pleaded guilty on Jan. 31 to these charges: • 10 counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, fifth-degree felonies • 1 count of importuning, a fifth-degree felony • 2 counts of illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material, one count a fifth-degree felony and the other a second-degree felony • 1 count of pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person, a fourth-degree felony • 1 count of extortion, a third-degree felony He was sentenced on those charges on Feb. 20. According to his indictment, Doughty allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with a minor and possessed pornographic material of a child. The judge ordered that his sentence be served consecutively "to protect the public from future crimes." Upon his release from prison, he must register as a Tier II sex offender, meaning that he must register his address with the local sheriff's office every 180 days for 25 years.