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Englewood Man Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for Producing Child Pornography
A 62-year-old Englewood man has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced. Mervin Edy Wolf, of Englewood, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to serve 720 months in federal prison.
Wolf was arrested based on a Criminal Complaint filed on March 6, 2014. He was subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on March 26, 2014. He pled guilty before Judge Moore on July 24, 2014. Wolf was sentenced today, November 20, 2014.
According to court documents, Wolf began producing pornographic photographs of a minor child who was a member of his extended family in September 2007. Over the next seven years, Wolf coerced the same minor child to perform and participate in an escalating pattern of sexual acts with him that Wolf would photograph and or video tape.
During several of the molestations, Wolf’s other family members were in the room next door, but unaware of what was happening. In January 2013, the minor child contacted Wolf via telephone and told him that she was afraid she may be pregnant due to his sexual activity with her. Wolf told the minor child he would pay for an abortion if she was in fact pregnant by Wolf.
When the minor child learned that Wolf was planning to visit her in June 2014, she made the decision to disclose all of the sexual abuse by Wolf. The minor child explained she was afraid Wolf would start molesting her younger sibling. Once the minor child’s family learned of the abuse by Wolf, other family members came forward to also report abuse by Wolf.
Wolf was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Judith Smith, Chief, Special Prosecutions Section, Criminal Division of the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office. The case was investigated by the FBI with support from Minor #1’s local county Sheriff’s Office.
The FBI will continue to aggressively seek out and investigate those who prey on children, especially those who produce and distribute child pornography, said FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle. Crimes of this nature threaten our most precious resource, offend every sensibility, and cannot be tolerated.
Key Facts
- State: Colorado
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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