ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — An Asheville man was sentenced to between 2.2 and 7.7 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple child exploitation charges involving children between the ages of 2 and 10.
The Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office said Bruce Ellison McCall, 65, pleaded guilty June 1, 2026, to five counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and five counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
Prosecutors said the investigation into McCall began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a tip to the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. An investigation uncovered that McCall had duplicated files depicting child sex crimes involving victims between the ages of 2 and 10, according to prosecutors…