Child pornography charges come with serious consequences, some of which can follow you around for life. A 50-year-old man is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges of possessing and distributing child pornography in New York. Randell Adsit of Martinsburg admitted to distributing child pornography via a social media platform from February…

A New York educator was arrested on multiple child pornography charges after the culmination of a lengthy investigation. The alleged victim was identified as a minor under the age of 16 who lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. John Mueser, 69, was charged with possession of child pornography in the first degree, sexual assault in the fourth…

A 42-year-old Syracuse man was convicted of distributing, possessing and attempting to receive child pornography. The jury rejected his insanity defense in which he claimed that watching child pornography helped him cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Benjamin Jakes-Johnson was found guilty on three counts of child pornography following a jury trial in in Binghamton,…

A photographer based in Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. The charge carries a minimum prison sentence of 15 years and a $250,000 fine. Delshawn Trueheart, 43, will be sentenced in June. Investigators obtained a federal search warrant and searched his home in March 2019. They found an SD memory card that…