Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Union County man is sentenced Monday to more than 50 years behind bars for child sexual abuse.

Officials with the Eighth Judicial District of Tennessee say
a Union County Grand Jury found Scott Stiner guilty of four counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child under 13 and one count of solicitation or sexual exploitation of a minor last December. He was arrested in California in March 2022.

Steiner was sentenced to serve a maximum of 12 years on each aggravated sexual assault charge and a maximum of six years on the solicitation charge, totaling 54 years.

He will not be eligible for release until July 2069.

Officials said Criminal Court Judge Zachary Walden described the case as “one of the worst he’s heard since taking the bench.”

The Union County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.