FLORIDA
Tampa Bay Online
A Lake Wales youth minister and registered sex offender facing multiple counts of having sex with children has been indicted on charges of producing child pornography.
A federal grand jury charged Arnold Maurice Mathis, 41, with two counts of producing and attempting to produce of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill said.
If convicted, Mathis faces a mandatory minimum of 35 years and up to 50 years in federal prison on each count.
According to the indictment, between May and November 2011, Mathis persuaded and attempted to persuade two minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of the conduct.
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