Encouraging or enticing a child to send sexually explicit photos is charged as Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Greeley and Weld County. A man was recently arrested for enticing a child to create and send him child pornography, and used a rouse of charitable donations. According to the report, the man promised a 15-year-old he would donate $2,500 to a fundraiser if she sent him a topless photo. He continued to ask for photos and videos and even threatened to post the ones she already sent if she didn’t comply. He was caught and admitted to his actions, including that he had some victims as young as 9 or 10 years old.
Weld County Sexual Exploitation of a Child Attorney: Enticing Children to Create Child Pornography
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Sexual Exploitation of a Child – C.R.S. 18-6-403(3)(a) – is:
(a) Causes, induces, entices, or permits a child to engage in, or be used for, any explicit sexual conduct for the making of any sexually exploitative material;
Because the man requested the girls send sexually explicit photos in exchange for something, it could be argued he enticed or caused the girl to make sexually exploitative material.
Sentence for Sexual Exploitation of a Child – Enticing the Creation of Child Pornography in Erie and Evans
In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, enticing a child to send sexually explicit photos is a class 3 felony. This level felony is punishable by 4 to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $750,000 in fines. A conviction of this offense will also require registering as a sex offender. Often, Sexual Exploitation of a Child is charged for possession of child pornography, which is a class 5 felony unless there are 20 or more images in which case it is a class 4 felony.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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