A FORMER REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER WHO PORTRAYED SANTA CLAUS AT KINGSPORT-AREA CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. 62 YEAR OLD JIMMY SPRAGUE WAS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE YESTERDAY, FOLLOWED BY A LIFETIME OF SUPERVISED PROBATION. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY A FINE OF NEARLY 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS. SPRAUGE, WHO HAS A HISTORY OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, PLED GUILTY TO RECEIVING MORE THAN 800 IMAGES OF CHILDREN ENGAGED IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT OVER THE INTERNET. HE HAD SERVED TIME IN THE LATE 90’S IN LOUDON AND KNOX COUNTIES.