Michael Dye, Producing Child Porn, Missouri 2008

A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for producing child pornography. Michael Dye, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs in federal court on an unstated date.

Dye pleaded guilty on February 19, 2016, to attempting to produce child pornography. He admitted to using a minor, identified as "Child Victim #2," to produce child pornography between June 15, 2005, and August 18, 2008.

During this time, Dye distributed images of child pornography over the Internet to others, including co-defendant Thomas O’Brien, 56, of Rhode Island. O’Brien was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to the attempted sex trafficking of a child. He will serve his sentence consecutively to his six-year sentence, followed by supervised release for the rest of his life, in the District of Rhode Island.

Dye admitted that his conduct constituted a pattern, with multiple instances of prohibited sexual conduct involving Child Victim #2 and others during the time period.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Daly. The investigation involved the FBI, the Western Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force, the Clay County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department, the Platte County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Newport, R.I., Police Department, the Rhode Island State Police, the Winnipeg, Manitoba Police Service in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Crown’s Attorney’s Office in Canada, and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre in the United Kingdom.

The defendant, Michael Dye, is a Kansas City, Missouri, resident who was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole. He was charged with attempting to produce child pornography and distributing images of child pornography over the Internet.

According to authorities, Dye’s conduct involved a minor, identified as "Child Victim #2," who was between the ages of 12 and 16 during the time period in question. Dye admitted to using the minor to produce child pornography and distributing the images over the Internet.

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