Associated Press - November 18, 2009 5:45 PM ET

COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) - A man who fled Coos County following his August indictment on child pornography charges has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Attorney General John Kroger says John Calvin Hudson III was arrested in September at a Bend motel. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to encouraging child sex abuse and was taken into custody after the hearing.

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