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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man from West View in Pittsburgh recently got indicted on federal charges that are related to the sexual exploitation of a child. According to the Department of Justice, twenty-five-year-old Kevin Patrick Brown Jr., is accused of producing, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material. In August of 2019, Brown allegedly coerced, enticed, induced, persuaded and used a minor to engage in conduct that was sexually explicit to make a visual depiction of the minor of that conduct. The penalties that are potential for the charges against Brown include an up to thirty-year prison sentence and an up to $250,000 fine. The sentence that will be put on Brown will be determined by both the seriousness of the offenses that he committed and if any, the previous criminal history of Brown. Brown got another charge for receiving material of child sexual abuse in the same month and having possession of it in October of 2021.