Miguel Angel Vasquez Torres, Child Pornography, Illinois 2016

A Clinton County man has been brought to justice for his heinous crimes against a minor.

Miguel Angel Vasquez Torres, 34, of Beckemeyer, Illinois, pleaded guilty on March 1, 2016 in the United States District Court to a three-count indictment charging him with Production of Child Pornography, Distribution of Child Pornography, and Receipt of Child Pornography.

Vasquez Torres has been in custody since he was arrested on August 25, 2015 on these charges. Sentencing has been set for June 28, 2016.

Documents filed in the U.S. District Court establish that in May 2015, the Federal Bureau of Investigation received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline regarding an individual who was uploading child pornography to a Photobucket.com cloud storage account. A search of the Photobucket account revealed that the account belonged to Miguel Angel Vasquez Torres and that it contained numerous video and image files containing child pornography.

During an interview with law enforcement officers, Vasquez Torres admitted to downloading and distributing video files containing child pornography. He also admitted that he had repeatedly sexually abused a minor over the course of several years and that he had photographed his acts of sexual abuse of the minor victim.

Vasquez Torres faces a prison term of not less than fifteen (15) years up to life, a fine up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of not less than five (5) years up to life for the charge of Production of Child Pornography. On the charges of Distribution and Receipt of Child Pornography, Vasquez Torres faces a term of imprisonment of not less than five (5) years up to twenty (20) years, a fine up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of not less than five (5) years up to life on each count.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. The investigation was conducted by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Metro East Cyber Crimes and Analysis Task Force, and the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department.

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