A man from Glasgow, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of Homeland Security Investigations Nashville, and Chief Guy Howie of the Glasgow Police Department announced the sentencing.
Court documents reveal that Christopher Michael Marsh, aged 38, received the sentence along with a lifetime of supervised release for one count of sexual exploitation of children and one count of distribution of child pornography. Between September 2021 and January 1, 2022, Marsh recorded himself engaging in the sexual abuse of an infant. On January 1, 2022, he distributed the recorded child sexual abuse material. The federal system does not provide parole.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations Bowling Green and the Glasgow Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys R. Nicholas Rabold from the Bowling Green Branch Office and Jo E. Lawless from the Louisville Office prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice aiming to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project, led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, brings together federal, state, and local resources to prosecute individuals who exploit children and to rescue victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found on the Department of Justice's website.
