A Manitowoc man will be spending time in federal prison for child porn charges.
United States Attorney Gregory Haanstad announced last Friday (January 17th) that 49-year-old Robert D. Nytes was sentenced to 25 years for receiving child pornography.
The court said in August 2023, law enforcement was informed that Nytes repeatedly sexually assaulted a minor and used the child to create child pornography, which he then uploaded to a cloud for receipt on his various electronic devices.
The Eastern Wisconsin US Attorney’s Office also says Nytes was a lifetime registrant on the Wisconsin Sexual Offender Registry after a 1995 2nd-degree sexual assault of a child.
US District Judge William Griesbach called the crime horrendous and noted the profound effects Nytes had imposed on the victim. After Nytes completes his prison sentence, he will spend the rest of his life on supervised release and will continue to be registered as a sex offender.
The case was brought forward as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing issue of child sexual exploitation.
