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Date: 01-28-2022
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00016-HAB-SLC
Judge: Holly A. Brady
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (Allen County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Fort Wayne, Indiana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with attempting to produce child porn.
Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was convicted of attempted production of child pornography.
According to documents in this case, between February 2020 and April 2020, Hartleroad engaged in online conversations with an undercover law enforcement officer purporting to be the stepfather of a 14-year-old girl with whom he was sexually active. During the course of their conversations, Hartleroad expressed interest in having sex with the girl. He also expressed an interest in watching the “stepfather” having sex with the teenage girl, and he sent the undercover officer a text message graphically detailing the sexual acts that he wanted to see performed with the girl. The jury found him guilty of the charge following a two-day jury trial in September, 2021.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley J. Miller Lowery.
18:2251(a) and (e) COERCING A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRODUCING A VISUAL DEPICTION OF SUCH CONDUCT AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRODUCING A LIVE VISUAL DEPICTION OF SUCH CONDUCT AND FORFEITURE
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Outcome: Hartleroad was sentenced to 180 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution.
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