FRESNO,CA (KMJ) – A Madera County woman pleads guilty Friday in a Fresno courtroom to sexually exploiting children.
Investigators found that 32-year-old Ashley Maddox and a Florida man had sent each other the illicit images and videos by computer.
Court documents say the crimes occurred between 2015 and 2016.
Maddox pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting the production of child pornography.
Maddox is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Drozd on August 26, 2019 in Fresno.
Maddox faces 15 years to 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to a lifetime of supervised release.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.
