A Van Wert man was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison
for downloading images of young children being raped and abused.
Roy Allen Nichols, 56, was sentenced to 235 months in
federal prison. Nichols previously pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution
of child pornography. He was a registered sex offender because of previous
convictions in state court for pandering and criminal enticement.
Nichols in June 2017 was found to have downloaded multiple
images of children as young as two years old being abused and raped by adults,
according to court documents.
"These are cases with real victims, children whose
lives will be forever changed because adults assaulted and violated them,"
U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman, for the Northern District of Ohio, said in a news
release. "We will continue to prosecute those who re-victimize these
children by sharing and downloading these images."
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney
Tracey Ballard Tangeman following an investigation by the FBI in Lima.
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