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A Menasha man will be spending time behind bars in a federal child pornography production case.
22-year-old Lawrence J. Chase was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Byron B. Conway to spend 15 years in prison after being found guilty of Production of Child Pornography
The case began in March of 2025, when Chase started engaging online with an 11-year-old child in Maryland.
Chase, who reportedly knew the child’s age, coerced the child into sending sexually explicit images and sent inappropriate and obscene images of himself.
At sentencing, Judge Conway noted that Chase had some prior state convictions for crimes against children, which had resulted in reduced charges and no jail time.
U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel added, “This defendant took the innocence of a child who will never get that part of their childhood back.”
The case was investigated by the FBI and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel R. Humble.
