Federal Grand Jury Indicts Kentucky Man for Child Enticement and Attempted Production of Child Pornography

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Kentucky Man for Child Enticement and Attempted Production of Child Pornography

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on June 30, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Kentucky man on charges of enticing a minor and attempting to produce child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Sec. Stan Stabler.

A two-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges LARRY DEAN TACKETT, 55, of Wallingford, Ky., with child enticement and attempted production of child pornography in 2016 in Kentucky, Tennessee and Clay County, Ala.

The maximum penalty for child enticement is life imprisonment and a fine of $250,000; the maximum penalty for attempting to produce child pornography is 30 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The FBI and ALEA investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacquelyn Hutzell is prosecuting.

An indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges unless and until proven guilty.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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