The former police chief of a village in Mahoning County was
sentenced to five years in prison for child pornography crimes.
Andrew M. Soloman, 37, pleaded guilty earlier this year to
one count of receiving and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in
sexually explicit conduct.
Soloman was the police chief of Craig Beach Village when he
committed the crimes. He met the juvenile victim when responding to her
residence for calls about harassment and a juvenile runaway. During their
interactions, the victim sat in Soloman’s cruiser for several hours and talked.
He provided her with his work email address, according to court documents.
The two continued to communicate via text and email. The
victim sent Soloman sexually explicit photographs of herself and Soloman
responded by sending sexually explicit photographs via his work email account.
This took place from Oct. 24 through
Dec. 7, 2017 according to court documents.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney
Michael A. Sullivan following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Mahoning County
Sheriff’s Office and the Austintown Police Department.
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