Child Porn Conviction: Central Mass Man Who Had 500 Videos, 1,000 Images Gets 10 Years

A 46-year-old Worcester County man who admitted to having hundreds of images and videos of child porn and using social media to solicit nudes from children will spend a decade behind bars, authorities said

Michael Irons, a 46-year-old Gardner man, pleaded guilty to having and sharing child porn on the messaging app Kik and soliciting nude photos from kids on Snapchat. He had hundreds of images on cell phones police found in his home, officials said.
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Josh Lanier

05/24/2023 1:19 p.m.

Michael Irons, 46, of Gardner, pleaded guilty in January to one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison last week, the prosecutor announced on Tuesday, May 23.

Police searched Irons' home in July 2020 and found two cell phones in his bedroom that contained 500 videos and 1,000 images of child pornography, the prosecutor said. Investigators found that Irons used the messaging service Kik to share the offending material, and he encouraged other members to do the same, authorities said.

Officers also found he had a Snapchat account, where he would solicit nude photos and videos from children, officials said.

Irons faced up to 20 years in prison, per federal sentencing guidelines.

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