Ypsilanti man faces federal charges for child pornography years after similar conviction
Read full article: Ypsilanti man faces federal charges for child pornography years after similar convictionDETROIT A 44-year-old man from Washtenaw County is facing child pornography charges nearly four years after being released from prison for a similar conviction. According to the complaint Stapleton was found to have been texting with minors, encouraging them to send sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves. The man said he would communicate with a child for a few days, get bored and move on to another, the complaint reads. Under the criminal complaint Stapleton has been charged with using and enticing a minor to produce child pornography, coercing and enticing a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, possessing child pornography and transferring obscene material to a minor. Stapleton -- a registered sex offender -- was previously convicted of two counts of possession of child pornography in 2013 and was released from prison in 2015.