A Champaign County man has been ordered to serve 45 years in federal prison for his role in the sexual exploitation of children. Joshua E. Lange, 40, of Tolono, Illinois, was handed down the sentence by Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid.
Lange pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of children in April 2018. The crimes, which took place from September 2015 through January 2017, involved the use of minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct while they were asleep, with videos and photographs produced in his basement.
“We will continue to work with our state and federal partners to identify these predators and bring them to justice,” said U.S. Attorney John C. Milhiser.
Lange is scheduled to be sentenced in Champaign County Circuit Court on November 13, 2018, for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. It was during the investigation of a criminal sexual abuse allegation that investigators discovered that Lange possessed images of sexually explicit conduct depicting at least three additional minors.
Lange has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest on November 3, 2017. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elly M. Peirson represented the government in the prosecution.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Champaign Police Department, and the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, with the cooperation of the Champaign County States Attorney.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet as well as to identify and rescue victims.
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Key Facts
- State: Illinois
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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