Matthew Miller, Sexual Exploitation of Children, Alabama 2019

A shocking case of child exploitation has come to light in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with 32-year-old Matthew Miller being sentenced to a staggering 600 years in prison for producing child pornography.

According to the investigation, Miller enticed two young children under the age of 5 to engage in sexual explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual production of such conduct. A search warrant was obtained for the defendant's electronic devices, which revealed 102 pornographic images that the defendant had produced of the children.

Miller pled guilty to these charges in October 2019, and Chief U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler handed down the sentence in a federal court in Birmingham, Alabama.

U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona commended the efforts of law enforcement in this case, stating, 'Child predators seek out and victimize those that are the most innocent and vulnerable - children.'

FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., also praised the efforts of the FBI and the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Violent Crime Unit, saying, 'The crimes for which Miller has admitted guilt are not only disturbing, they are sickening, and his actions robbed these children of their childhood.'

The FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, along with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Violent Crime Unit, investigated the case, with Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Leann White prosecuting the case.

Birmingham, Alabama - October 2019 - Matthew Miller, a 32-year-old man from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has been sentenced to 7,200 months in prison, equivalent to 600 years, for producing child pornography. Miller was charged with enticing two children under the age of 5 to engage in sexual explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual production of such conduct.

The exact date of the crime is not specified in the source, but it is confirmed that Miller pled guilty to the charges in October 2019. The case was investigated by the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, along with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office Violent Crime Unit, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Leann White.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/tuscaloosa-man-sentenced-600-years-prison-sexual-exploitation-children