Delmar man sentenced to 10 years in child pornography case
Brandon Ehrisman of Delmar, Maryland, has been sentenced to 10 years of incarceration with five years suspended after pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography.
W. Newton Jackson, a senior Judge of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, sentenced Ehrisman, 35, on May 16, 2023.
Upon his release, Ehrisman will be placed on five years of supervised probation, with specialized sex offender supervision. He will also have to register as a Tier II sex offender, which is a 25-year term of registration, the Wicomico County State's Attorney's office said in a news release.
According to the release, at the time, Ehrisman was on supervised probation in Worcester County for a conviction of sexual solicitation of a minor. This conviction will serve to violate his probation in the Worcester County case.
Maryland State Police received a report on Dec. 7, 2022, from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that 25 videos depicting child pornography had been distributed to another user on the internet through use of the KiK messenger application.
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Through investigation, police were able to track use of the KiK messenger account through its IP address to Ehrisman’s residence in Wicomico County. Police executed a search and seizure warrant and were able to obtain the contents of the suspect KiK messenger account, the release stated.
Law enforcement identified the account that distributed the child pornography as belonging to Ehrisman due to the fact that, amongst the videos of child pornography, Ehrisman had likewise uploaded pictures of his face and genitalia utilizing the application, the release said.
Olivia Minzola covers communities on the Lower Shore. Contact her with tips and story ideas at ominzola@delmarvanow.com.
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