Warr Acres man gets life sentence for child sex crimes

An Oklahoma man charged with 89 sex crimes will spend the rest of his life in prison. <br/><br/>39-year-old Anthony Merrick of Warr Acres was accused of sexually abusing and photographing young girls

Thursday, June 2nd 2005, 5:50 am

By: News On 6

An Oklahoma man charged with 89 sex crimes will spend the rest of his life in prison.

39-year-old Anthony Merrick of Warr Acres was accused of sexually abusing and photographing young girls from 2001 to 2004. He waived a jury trial, and let the judge decide his guilty and sentence.

Officers seized thousands of photographs and videos from Merrick's home.

Charges against him included possession of child pornography, sexual abuse of a child, and lewd acts with a child under 16.