Green Bay Man Indicted for Sexually Exploiting Numerous Children

A Green Bay man faces federal charges after a grand jury returned an indictment alleging he sexually exploited numerous children and produced and possessed child sexual abuse material.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced the indictment on June 3, 2026. The defendant, identified in the Department of Justice release, is charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography.

The charges cite specific statutes that carry mandatory minimum prison terms of 15 years for exploitation counts and additional penalties for the possession offense.

The indictment states the defendant exploited multiple victims. Federal law defines sexual exploitation of children under 18 U.S.C. § 2251 as using minors to produce visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct. The possession count involves images and videos of such conduct involving prepubescent minors and minors under 12, per the charging document.

The case will now move to pretrial proceedings in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Conviction on the exploitation charges requires the court to impose at least 15 years and up to 30 years per count for a first offense, with sentences potentially running consecutively.

The possession count adds a mandatory minimum of 10 years if the material involves children under 12. The government must also pursue criminal forfeiture of any property used to commit the offenses, including computers, storage devices, and any proceeds traceable to the crimes.

Sentencing will follow standard federal guidelines that account for the number of victims, their ages, and the volume of material. The U.S. Probation Office will prepare a presentence investigation report, and the court must order restitution to identified victims under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act.

Registration as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act will be required upon release.

This indictment forms part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing enforcement against online child sexual exploitation. The department has brought similar charges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin in recent years, often tied to devices seized during searches that uncover both production and large collections of illicit material.

Federal law enforcement agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI, typically investigate these cases through victim identification programs and digital forensics.