Date: 04-23-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Michael Lanham

Case Number: 1:22-cr-00009

Judge: John L. Sinatra, Jr.

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Erie County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Buffalo

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Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography .

Registered sex offender going to prison for 30 years for production of child pornography

Michael Lanham, 35, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography with a prior sex offense, was sentenced to serve 360 months in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Caitlin M. Higgins, who handled the case, stated that in December 2010, Lanham was convicted of Rape in the Third Degree, Victim Less than 17-Year-Old, Perpetrator 21 years or more, in New York State Court and is a registered sex offender. In September 2020, he took a sexually explicit photo of a minor victim on his cell phone. In October 2020, Lanham distributed the image of the minor victim in a private online message to an undercover law enforcement officer on the Kik application.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Child Exploitation Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia.

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 360 months in prison

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