BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
A federal grand jury has indicted 42-year-old Jeremy Joseph Nelson of Huntsville, Alabama, on multiple charges of producing and possessing child pornography. According to the indictment, the crimes took place between 2012 and 2014.
The indictment charges Nelson with using, persuading, inducing, enticing, and coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct so he could produce a visual depiction of the conduct. The indictment also charges Nelson with possessing child pornography depicting children under the age of 12.
The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation arrested Nelson in October on state charges of producing child pornography by hiding cameras in the bathrooms of three Huntsville businesses.
The Department of Homeland Security and the Alabama SBI investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jacquelyn Hutzell and Daniel Fortune are prosecuting.
The maximum penalty for producing child pornography is 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, per count. The maximum penalty for possessing child pornography is 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Members of the public are reminded that an indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
Nelson’s current status is pending trial.
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Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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