A 41-year-old auto body shop worker was convicted Thursday of grooming children as young as 5 to perform in sex shows at a small-town swingers club.
Patrick "Booger Red" Kelly showed no emotion after the verdict.
Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding him guilty of engaging in organized criminal activity, a conviction that could send him to prison for life.
Prosecutors alleged Kelly was a member of the so-called Mineola Swinger's Club, though Kelly has testified he is innocent.
They contended Kelly helped set up a "kindergarten" where young children learned to dance provocatively.
To help perform at the club, prosecutors say the children were given Vicodin-like drugs the adults passed off as "silly pills."
ADDENDUM:
Kelly received a life sentence in prison in a swift sentence hearing this afternoon immediately following the return of the guilty verdict.
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