Former firefighter, adopted father sentenced for sexual crimes against children

Toledo, Ohio (WTVG) – a former firefighter and adoptive father of Maumee, who said the FBI admitted that committing sexual acts against young children was sentenced in his federal case on Thursday.

Judge James Knepp II sentenced Jeremy Dean Chesser on Thursday to turn 30 years in prison for his federal case, ordered to be delivered simultaneously with his Existing 14 -year sentence for Lucas County charges. When free from prison, he will have to be under liberation supervised by the rest of his life.

Chesser, a former Springfield TWP. firefighter/paramedic and adoptive father, was accused of those federal positions in September 2023 and then accused of More than a dozen additional positions In the common court of Lucas County. He was arrested in August 2023 after the FBI said he had “hundreds, if not 1,000 images” of child pornography and allegedly admitted to having committed sexual acts against minors with FBI agents after a raid at home.

The authorities carried out a search warrant at Chesser’s Maumee’s house on August 30, 2023. The Department of Justice says he agreed an interview in which he allegedly admitted to having committed sexual acts against several children, including a 2 -year -old boy and a 3 -year -old boy. , as well as seeing pornography with children. The authorities also say that he admitted to impersonating teenager to request child pornography of adolescents he knew.

The FBI says he admitted to having consumed child pornography for more than 10 years.

The criminal complaint alleges that Chesser communicated with an undercover FBI agent in Kik throughout August 2023. During those conversations, Chesser supposedly described sexual acts with a minor in detail and sent naked images of minors to the agent. Kik provided IP addresses associated with Chesser’s account to the FBI after the agents issued a summons.

After the search for the FBI, the services for children took the custody of their child’s children and the fire of the municipality of Springfield fired him.

The sentence on Thursday was for his conviction for charges, including two positions of sexual exploitation of a minor (production) and a position of receipt and distribution of child pornography.

The video below is from a previous report.

A Maumee man who allegedly told the FBI agents that he committed sexual acts against young children was sentenced for numerous sexual crimes on Thursday.

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