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Kalamazoo Woman Sentenced to 25 Years for Child Pornography
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – A Kalamazoo woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography.
Amaris Mae Wyman, 31, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Neff, who also ordered Wyman to spend seven years on supervised release and imposed financial assessments.
Wyman pled guilty in May 2019 to the charge of producing a pornographic video of a child. An investigation found that she had taken several videos of her own child showering and using the bathroom, which she forwarded to Matthew Toole.
Wyman also sent sexually explicit messages to Toole and discussed plans to provide her child with alcohol and prescription medications to facilitate Toole’s rape of the minor.
Judge Neff commended law enforcement for investigating and stopping Wyman and Toole before their plans were put into action. Toole was sentenced earlier this year to 50 to 70 years in state prison for an unrelated criminal sexual assault of an infant girl in Calhoun County.
At sentencing, Judge Neff noted that the victim had a right to grow up safe and protected by the most important person in any child’s life, their mother, but was instead exploited by Wyman.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, county prosecutor’s offices, the Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC), federal, state, and local law enforcement are working closely together to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children.
Individuals with information or concerns about possible child exploitation should contact local law enforcement officials.
This case was investigated by the Michigan State Police, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis M. Sanford.
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Key Facts
- State: Michigan
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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