Chalybeate Man Indicted on Eleven Counts of Child Sex Material

Tyler Skaggs, (36) Chalybeate.

Darren Doyle, story:
An Edmonson County Grand Jury indicted a Chalybeate man on numerous felony counts associated with alleged child sexual material.

Tyler Skaggs, 36, was indicted on 11 counts of Promoting a sexual performance by a minor – victim less than 16 years of age. No other information was available in the indictment documents, provided by the Edmonson County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office. 

No other context or narrative was written in the arrest citation.

Kentucky State Police Post 3 is currently investigating this case and declined comment. 

KSP partially denied an open records request for information pertaining to this case citing state law that allows police agencies to withhold information on open investigations; however, they provided a partially redacted Kentucky Incident-Based Reporting System Report, (KYIBRS) per our open records request.

The report listed multiple seized electronic devices and listed the names of four witnesses in the case.

Police arrested Skaggs on the indictment warrant Friday, July 25th. Skaggs was also arrested in April of 2024 on the charge of video voyeurism, which was later dismissed.

KSP also declined to comment on if the two cases are related, however, the incident report listed the report date of April 6, 2024. 

Skaggs was released on a $2,500 bond, signed by 8th Judicial Circuit Judge John Grise, according to the Hart County Jail. 

The charge is a Class B Felony, which carries a sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison for each  of the 11 counts. 

Skaggs is set to appear in court on August 14th. 
 
Editor’s note: For transparency, Tyler Skaggs is a cousin of Edmonson Voice founder and director Darren Doyle. This article was delayed in publication because The Edmonson Voice did not receive a response to our open records request until today, August 5, 2025.  The Edmonson Voice will provide additional information as it becomes available.