GUILTY SD - Spearfish South Dakota man indicted on child pornography charges

[Jacie Estes]

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Production of Child Pornography Transported to the United States, Travel with Intent to Engage in Sexual Activity, and Possession of Child Pornography.

Richard William Melanson, age 51, was indicted on April 8, 2014.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/sd/pressreleases/2014/RC-2014-05-06-Melanson.html

 

[Jacie Estes]

From above link.

The Indictment charges that between January 2008 and June 2011, Melanson knowingly possessed computer files that contained child pornography images, induced a minor outside of the United States to produce a pornographic image, and traveled to Guatemala to engage in sexual acts with minors.

Can't wait to bump into him in Safeway...oh wait, I can't because he is in jail. lol I hope they keep him there.

 

[0101ABA]

January 2016

Spearfish man gets 30 years for sex crimes against Guatemalan boys

RAPID CITY - A federal judge on Monday here sentenced a Spearfish man to 30 years in prison for traveling to Guatemala for years to sexually abuse boys.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken sentenced Richard Melanson, 53, after a daylong hearing Monday in which two boys from Guatemala testified.