(KLZA)--Fairfax, Missouri resident James Ball has been sentenced to consecutive prison terms on charges of Child Molestation in the second degree  and Sexual Abuse as part of a plea agreement.

A release from the Atchison County, Missouri Sheriff's Office says Ball was sentenced to 8 years on the child molestation charge and 7 years on the sexual abuse charge. 

Ball originally was facing 20 counts of sex crimes against a child and numerous counts of possession of child pornography when he was arrested this past June.