Alaska
Anchorage Man Indicted on Eight Counts of Producing Child Pornography – Alaska Native News
ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging an Anchorage man with eight counts of sexual exploitation of a kid – manufacturing of kid pornography and one rely of possession of kid pornography.
In response to courtroom paperwork, between July 2018 and August 2021, Michael Vernon Ross, 31, allegedly used and coerced a minor to interact in sexually express conduct for the aim of manufacturing baby pornography.
Minimal sentence of 15 to 30 years in jail on every rely of manufacturing of kid pornography. A federal district courtroom choose will decide any sentence after contemplating the U.S. Sentencing Pointers and different statutory elements.
U.S. Lawyer S. Lane Tucker of the District of Alaska made the announcement.
The FBI and Anchorage Police Division are investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Seth Brickey-Smith and Adam Alexander are prosecuting the case.
If the general public has any additional info relating to Ross’s actions, please contact the FBI Anchorage Discipline Workplace at 907-276-4441.
An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed harmless till confirmed responsible past an affordable doubt in a courtroom of regulation.
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