Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 19, 2020, a federal grand
jury returned a one-count indictment against Kelly L. Turney (age: 23), of
Zoar, on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
The indictment charged Turney with Possession of Child Pornography in
Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A.
If convicted, Turney faces up to ten years in prison and a
fine up to $250,000. He also faces at least five years and up to a lifetime on
supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment of $100.
The Menominee Tribal Police Department, Wisconsin Department
of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the
case. Assistant United States Attorney Andrew J. Maier will prosecute the case.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of
guilt. The defendant is presumed
innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove him
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a
nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual
exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006, by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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