Police officer gets four years for child porn and sex charges

- HILLSBORO, Ore. - A former King City police officer will serve four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child pornography and sex charges.

Brandon Tomkins, 30, resigned from the police force last August as the city was beginning an administrative review.

Prosecutors say Tomkins gained the trust of a 15-year-old Aloha boy he met on the Internet. After months of exchanging e-mails and talking on the phone, Tomkins met the boy, who had turned 16, to have sex.

The boy is a special education student with a learning disability and told a school counselor the next day.

Tomkins must also serve five years on probation and register as a sex offender for life.

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