GEORGETOWN, Ohio — Several law enforcement agencies were involved in busting a marijuana grow operation in the 9800 block of West Fork Road in Georgetown, Ohio on Thursday.

Authorities recovered approximately $6,500 worth of marijuana and three firearms.

Jacob and Elliot Smith, both of whom have criminal histories of violent criminal offenses, along with several juveniles were found on the property.

Both men are currently incarcerated in the Brown County Jail and were charged with having weapons under disability and endangering children.

Charges for growing and trafficking of marijuana including firearm and child specifications are still pending.

Anyone who has any information on the case is asked to contact Brown County Drug and Major Crimes Task Force at (937) 378-2573.

WALTON, Ky. — The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Walton man on charges related to distribution and possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor.

Randy S. Duke, 40, was arrested Friday for sharing more than 3,000 images of child pornography.

Duke was identified through a file-sharing network by an undercover computer operated by the Campbell County Police Department.

When Boone County deputies arrived at his Walton home, Duke attempted to conceal his electronic equipment.

He later admitted to authorities that he uses software to download, distribute and view images of young girls in various states of undress.

Duke is now lodged in the Boone County Detention Center on a $200,000 cash bond.

Related video: Police will lead off panel's first Jan. 6 hearing

A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar cases.

Prosecutors want Paul Allard Hodgkins to serve 18 months behind bars, saying in a recent filing that he, “like each rioter, contributed to the collective threat to democracy” by forcing lawmakers to temporarily abandon their certification of Joe Biden’s election victory and to scramble for shelter from incoming mobs.

Video footage shows Hodgkins, 38, wearing a Trump 2020 T-shirt, the flag flung over his shoulder and eye goggles around his neck inside the Senate. He took a selfie with a self-described shaman in a horned helmet and other rioters on the dais behind him.

His sentencing Monday in Washington could set the bar for punishments of hundreds of other defendants as they decide whether to accept plea deals or go to trial. Hodgkins and others are accused of serious crimes but were not indicted, as other were, for roles in larger conspiracies.

A lawyer for Hodgkins, who pleaded guilty last month to one count of obstructing an official proceeding, asked U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss not to impose a prison sentence, saying the shame that will attach to Hodgkins for the rest of his life should be factored in as punishment.

“Whatever punishment this court may provide will pale in comparison to the scarlet letter Mr. Hodgkins will wear for the rest of his life,” Patrick N. Leduc wrote in a recent filing, citing a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel in which a woman accused of adultery is forced to wear a letter “A.”

The filing argues that Hodgkins' actions weren’t markedly different from those of Anna Morgan Lloyd — other than Hodgkins stepping onto the Senate floor. The 49-year-old from Indiana was the first of roughly 500 arrested to be sentenced. She pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and last month was sentenced to three years of probation.

Hodgkins was never accused of assaulting anyone or damaging property. And prosecutors said he deserves some leniency for taking responsibility almost immediately and pleading guilty to the obstruction charge, which carries a maximum 20-years prison sentence.

But they also noted how he boarded a bus in his hometown of Tampa bound for a Jan. 6 Trump rally carrying rope, protective goggles and latex gloves in a backpack — saying that demonstrated he came to Washington prepared for violence.

On the day, he walked through grounds already littered with smashed police barriers and broken windows, evening passing police officers and others injured as the crowd surged toward the Capitol, prosecutors said.

“Time and time again, rather than turn around and retreat, Hodgkins pressed forward,” the government filing said.

Leduc described his client as an otherwise law-abiding American who, despite living in a poorer part of Tampa, regularly volunteered at a food bank. He noted that Hodgkins had been an Eagle Scout.

His actions on Jan. 6 "is the story of a man who for just one hour on one day lost his bearings ... who made a fateful decision to follow the crowd,” the attorney said.

Leduc’s 33-page presentencing filing devotes several pages to the Civil War, highlighting Abraham Lincoln’s calls for reconciliation weeks before his assassination.

“The court has a chance to emulate Lincoln,” he wrote.

Videos bring back happy memories of Mary Nielsen's two children.

"Teddy was just so sweet and loving. He was a mama's boy, you know," Nielsen said, "Emmy was exceptionally smart. She just had turned 5 in January, and you wouldn't have known it."

Now these memories are all Nielsen has, after her two children were found dead in their father's home last month.

"They had like a special bond, like, they were very, very close, and you could tell they were best friends," she said.

Those two little best friends, 5-year-old Emily and 3-year-old Teddy were staying with their father, Adam Price, last month.

Nielsen lives in Illinois.

"Saturday rolls around, and I was like, it was like 6:30, seven o'clock and I was like, 'the kids haven't called yet,' and I was like, 'they didn't call last night, either,'" Nielsen said.

According to Nielsen, a custody agreement required that the kids check in with her every day while visiting their dad.

"So I started calling him and blowing up his phone and texting him I'm like, 'even if you can't talk, like, I need to know the kids are safe,'" she said.

Nielsen posted on Facebook, asking if anyone had seen Price and the kids.

Meanwhile, police went to the house twice for welfare checks but say they had no cause to force their way in.

"I had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach," Nielsen said.

Nielsen's friend offered to go over to the home. She said the friend found the door unlocked, and inside, the bodies of Emily and Teddy.

"I had to pull over, I was bawling," Nielsen said.

Price was gone. Authorities arrested him hours later in California.

Nielsen calls her past relationship with him abusive and said her children were the only reason she survived.

"I mean, I was very suicidal for a very long time during the relationship. Abusive relationships, like destroy you," she said.

Nielsen said she moved back in with her parents in Illinois to finish school and spend more time with her beloved kids. Now, as she mourns her beautiful, cheerful children, Nielsen wishes more would have been done to protect them.

"If someone had just listened to me when I said he was an unfit parent, they'd still be here, and it's still really hard," she said, "I just, the only thing that makes me feel like a tiny bit better is they don't ever have to see him again, but at the same time I'm missing them so so much."

Price is charged with two felony counts of child abuse resulting in death. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 15.