Weld County Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child Lawyer
Judge Charged for Sending Explicit Messages to Minors

If you've been charged with Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact O’Malley Law Office today!

Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child is charged in Greeley and Weld County when a person is accused of sending sexually explicit images of themselves to someone under the age of fifteen. A judge was recently arrested for this crime after his inappropriate messages were flagged on Kik messenger. Law enforcement was notified and they began investigating. Hit was found he had multiple chats with minors that were sexually inappropriate along with conversations with other adults where he discussed sexually abusing children.

Greeley Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child Attorney: Definition of Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Colorado

The Greeley, Colorado law definition of Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child – C.R.S. 18-3-405.4 – is:

(1) An actor commits internet sexual exploitation of a child if the actor knowingly importunes, invites, or entices through communication via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message, a person whom the actor knows or believes to be under fifteen years of age and at least four years younger than the actor, to:

(a) Expose or touch the person’s own or another person’s intimate parts while communicating with the actor via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message; or

(b) Observe the actor’s intimate parts via a computer network or system, telephone network, or data network or by a text message or instant message.

If the judge sent a picture of his intimate parts on the chats and the receiver was (or claimed to be) 14 years old or younger, then he would be charged under subsection (b).

Sentence for Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Windsor and Firestone

In Windsor, Firestone and across Weld County, Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child is a class 4 felony. This crime is a sex offense and is subject to indeterminate sentencing. That means a person would be sentenced to a minimum of 2 years, but there would be no maximum. A person could be held for life on an indeterminate sentence.


If you or someone you love has been charged with Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorney from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule a free initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.

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