Flack Broadcasting – Northern man sentenced to prison for sexually exploiting two children in Lewis County

SYRACUSE- A man from the north of the country will spend the next three decades behind bars for sexually exploiting two children.

On Wednesday, 36-year-old Nathan Hotchkiss of Lewis County, NY, appeared in federal court in Syracuse, NY, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

He was found guilty of two counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

As part of his previously entered guilty plea, Hotchkiss admitted to sexually exploiting two children under the age of five and live-streaming or distributing online depictions of sexual abuse in exchange for money from at least October 2021 through August 2022.

When Hotchkiss was arrested in August 2022, he also possessed a collection of child pornography that he obtained online or by exchanging messages with others on social media.

In addition to his 30-year prison sentence, Hotchkiss will be under lifetime supervision after his release.

Hotchkiss was also ordered to pay a total of $18,000 in restitution to his victims and to surrender the electronic devices he used to commit the crimes.

Hotchkiss will also have to register as a sex offender after his release from prison.

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