(South Bend, IN) - A Michigan City man has been sentenced to prison for child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Bend announced Friday that 31-year-old Opediah Barnett, who had already pled guilty to two counts of production of child pornography, received his punishment from District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty.
According to authorities, Barnett convinced two different minors he met online to send him illicit images back in January and July of last year. He traveled out of state in an attempt to meet up with one of them. Court documents suggest the children were from West Virginia and Washington State.
Barnett was sentenced to over 24 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, as well as $6000 in restitution.
