SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — The owner of Doctor John's adult novelty stores will face more criminal charges when he is released from jail in Omaha.
A complaint charging John Haltom with distributing obscene videos from his local store was filed Friday by the Scotts Bluff County Attorney's Office.
The arrest affidavit says two videos purchased and viewed by Scottsbluff police appear to have the same sort of content as the movies sold at Haltom's Omaha store that landed him in jail in Douglas County.
Haltom is scheduled to finish his jail sentence in Douglas County in December, when he is expected to be transferred to Scotts Bluff County to face the local charge.
Haltom lost an appeal earlier this year in Utah for selling an adult video to a 17-year-old at his store in Midvale. Haltom could receive up to five years in prison on that charge.
In Omaha, Haltom had fought a three-year battle in the city's first test of obscenity standards since the 1970s. Prosecutors argued that Haltom sold explicit videos at the store that went beyond community standards under state obscenity laws.
A jury convicted Haltom in July 2000 and the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld his nine-month jail sentence last year. Douglas County Judge Joseph Caniglia ordered Haltom to serve that sentence and pay a $1,000 fine.
Haltom has been convicted and paid fines three other times in Omaha for selling obscene materials.