Falls man sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography

Rick Pfeiffer -, Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Apr. 24—BUFFALO — A Falls man will spend 30 years in federal prison for producing child porn.

U.S. District Court Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. handed down the sentence to Michael Lanham, 35, of the Falls. Lanham was convicted on a charge of production of child pornography with a prior sex offense.

Federal prosecutors said that in December 2010, Lanham was convicted on a charge of third-degree rape — victim less than 17-years-old, perpetrator 21 years or more — in New York State Court. As a result of that conviction, Lanham is a registered sex offender.

In September 2020, Lanhan was accused of taking a sexually explicit photo of a minor victim on his cell phone.

In October 2020, Lanham distributed the image of the minor victim in a private online message board on the Kik application to an undercover law enforcement officer.