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:
(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.