Twin Falls man sentenced to prison for recieving child porn from Idaho Falls woman

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TWIN FALLS — A Twin Falls man was sentenced to situation successful a national lawsuit aft pleading blameworthy to aiding and abetting kid pornography.

On Tuesday, Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Nicholas Glenn Baker, 37, to 24 years successful national prison, according to a news merchandise from nan U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Baker was indicted successful October connected 1 count of intersexual exploitation of a insignificant child, 1 count of receipt of kid pornography and 1 count of possession of kid pornography.

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He accepted a plea statement connected March 14, wherever he agreed to plead blameworthy to 1 count of intersexual exploitation of a kid and admit to an plus forfeiture allegation.

According to tribunal records, connected July 17, 2023, detectives pinch nan Idaho Falls Police Department and nan Idaho Crimes Against Children Task Force began an investigation aft receiving a study that kid pornography had been uploaded to an online record retention account.

The video allegedly showed an big raping a young kid who was betwixt nan ages of 3 and 5 years old.

Officers besides recovered videos taken connected Snapchat of a 2-year-old successful intersexual positions.

Detectives wished that nan accounts belonged to Rexanna Marie Johnston, 32, of Idaho Falls.

Detectives obtained and executed a hunt warrant connected Johnston’s residence and physics devices, wherever they discovered nan videos had been taken of an babe who was successful her custody.

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Officers wished nan mother was incarcerated successful Idaho from July 21 to Aug. 2, and nan kid was being taken attraction of by Johnston during astatine slightest portion of this time.

Detectives recovered online chats betwixt Johnston and Baker, discussing their intersexual interests successful children. Johnston besides sent Baker kid pornography images she had produced of nan babe successful her custody.

Baker asked Johnston to nutrient further kid pornographic images of nan babe and nonstop them to him, and authorities opportunity she did.

Johnston pleaded blameworthy to intersexual exploitation charges connected May 22 and is awaiting sentencing scheduled for Nov. 19.

When detectives arrested Baker, he admitted that he knew nan babe successful Johnston’s custody was a existent child, that he requested Johnston nutrient and nonstop him kid pornography images of nan infant, and that he received those images.

“Our job, arsenic HSI typical agents aliases successful moving done our galore partnerships, is to protect nan astir vulnerable. This 288-month condemnation helps to execute that,” said Special Agent successful Charge Robert Hammer successful nan release. “Every image of kid exploitation represents a life that has been altered by a kid predator, and arsenic a organization we tin beryllium ever much vigilant to trim nan magnitude of these images that are distributed online.”

Senior U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill besides ordered that Baker service a life of supervised merchandise pursuing his situation sentence. Baker will beryllium required to registry arsenic a activity offender arsenic a consequence of nan conviction.

Dale John Hensel, 53, of Rigby, is different suspect successful this case. Hensel besides allegedly “unlawfully and knowingly” received kid pornography from Johnston.

He was indicted connected 1 count of receipt of kid pornography and is scheduled for a assemblage proceedings connected Oct. 28.