Filer man sentenced to 24 years for sexual exploitation of children
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BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – A 29-year-old Filer man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 292 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced Friday.
Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Michael Robert Gorley to serve five years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
Gorley pleaded guilty to the charge on May 12, 2020.
According to court records, Gorley admitted to communicating with an individual on Kik Messenger on June 3 and 4, 2019 regarding the exchange of sexually explicit images of children. Unbeknownst to Gorley, the person he was communicating with was an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force officer from Washington D.C. During those communications, Gorley sent the undercover agent several photographs depicting Gorley and a 4-year-old child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.