Huron County man sentenced to prison for sexually abusive portrayal of children

A Pigeon man must spend a year in the Huron County Jail and serve a lengthy probation sentence after pleading no contest to child sexual abuse charges.

Huron County 52nd District Court Judge Gerald M. Prill sentenced 29-year-old Adonis Rafael Diaz to one year in prison, with one day credited to time served, and placed him on five years of mandatory probation.

On April 1, Diaz pleaded no contest to charges of child sexual abuse and distribution, promotion or possession of child sexual abuse material.

In exchange for Diaz’s confession, prosecutors dropped charges that he used a computer to commit a crime.

According to a press release from the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit – Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Diaz was arrested in February following an investigation that resulted in the seizure of digital evidence from his Oliver Township home.

The investigation was launched when it was revealed that Diaz was viewing files containing sexually abusive material of children on the social media platform Discord. The charges were based on crimes committed between August 26, 2023, and January 11, 2024.

Child sexual abuse – distributing or promoting such content is a crime punishable by up to seven years in prison and/or a $50,000 fine. Possession of child sexual abuse material is punishable by up to four years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.