Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: The names of the victims are not revealed to protect their identity and encourage the reporting of such crimes.

By CASEY KNAUPP
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer

Patrick "Booger Red" Kelly was found guilty Thursday of engaging in organized criminal activity and sentenced to life in prison for conspiring with other adults to force two young siblings to have sex with each other for a paying audience.

A Smith County jury of seven women and five men deliberated for less than two hours before convicting Kelly, 41, Tyler, of the first-degree felony for forcing a boy to have sex with his older sister during a doctor skit at the Mineola Swingers' Club for his financial gain on Aug. 1, 2004.

He was sentenced to the maximum sentence of life in prison and a $10,000 fine by the jury in 241st District Judge Jack Skeen Jr.'s court after about 10 minutes of deliberation.

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