LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A former Eaton County corrections officer will serve greater than 17 years in jail for distributing youngster pornography.
Ethan Lee Eversman of Ionia was initially arrested by Michigan State Police final June after they obtained a tip from the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Kids. Throughout their investigation, police recovered “digital evidence” from Eversman throughout an interview and a later search of his house.
Reserving {photograph} of Ethan Eversman. (Photograph: Ionia Co. Workplace of the Sheriff)
The Eaton County Sheriff’s Workplace fired Eversman after his arrest.
In keeping with court docket paperwork, Eversman, between 2021 and June 2024, coerced a minor in New York into creating express photos and movies of herself and sending them to him on-line. Eversman additionally saved youngster pornography on his telephone and distributed it to others.
Eversman pleaded responsible to distributing youngster pornography. Different costs, together with sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of kid pornography, and a further cost of distributing youngster pornography, had been dismissed.
Tuesday, a federal choose sentenced Eversman to 210 months (17 and a half years) in jail and 5 years supervised launch. He was additionally ordered to pay $17,500 in restitution, a $5,000 high-quality underneath the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, and a further $100 high-quality.
