A 61-year-old resident of Coleman, Michigan, Ronald Arthur
Polk, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for possessing and accessing
with intent to view child pornography involving prepubescent minors or minors
under the age of 12, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
Schneider was joined in the announcement by Steven M. D'Antuono,
Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office.
United States District Judge Thomas L. Ludington also
imposed five years of supervised release on Ronald Arthur Polk who was found
guilty by a federal jury on September 16, 2019.
At the trial before U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington,
the evidence established that between August 6, 2013, and August 23, 2018, Polk
used his computers to browse the Internet to search and web link to numerous
websites containing child pornography. The forensic evidence revealed Polk
possessed approximately 3,000 images containing child pornography, a majority
of them involving minors under the age of 12 or prepubescent.
The case was investigated by the Midland Sherriff’s
Department, the Michigan State Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anca Pop.
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