6/16/14 - A Fowlerville man has received a lengthy prison sentence after sending sexually explicit photos to an 11-year-old girl. 30-year-old Matthew Lewis Colston was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison by a U.S. District Court judge. He earlier pleaded guilty to seven counts of manufacturing child pornography and two separate counts of enticing a minor and transferring obscene material to a minor. In handing down the punishment, the judge recommended that Colston be sent to a federal facility that has sex offender treatment program. He will be listed on the sex offender registry and once he serves his time, Colston will have ten years of supervised release and restrictions on any use of computers. Prosecutors said Colston used a cell phone to persuade a child to engage in sexual activity, and that he also used the phone to send hundreds of sexually explicit photos to a child. The victimâs parents told State Police that Colston, who owns an IT company based in Williamston, sent their daughter over 500 explicit photographs, which they discovered by using a cell phone app installed on her phone. The parents reportedly became concerned after their daughter started receiving multiple late-night messages. (JM)
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