MICHIGAN
WOOD
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The man who arranged meetings for sex between former Christian radio host John Balyo and a boy around the age of 12 is scheduled to be sentenced in a federal courtroom in Grand Rapids on Wednesday.
Ronald Moser, 43, pleaded guilty in August to possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child. Moser admitted that he and Balyo took graphic photos of the boy at Moser’s Battle Creek home and that he then put those photos on the Internet.
The prosecution’s pre-sentencing memorandum has been sealed, but Moser’s defense attorney’s has not. In the memo, defense attorney Paul Mitchell says that claims by an unnamed source that Moser took one of his 4-year-old children on extended semi-truck trips are “incredible” and untrue. Mitchell also said statements claiming Moser made $100,000 in two weeks from selling child porn is “equally incredible.”
Mitchell goes on to say Moser is “a largely unsophisticated defendant. At 43 years of age he can hardly be described as having been a success in life; indeed the opposite is true, as evidenced by his appearance in this court.”
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