Updated: 12:12 PM EDT May 11, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS An Indianapolis man and woman have each been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a child younger than 12 years old.
According to court documents, Bennie W. Schuck II, 46, and Amber Talley, 36, both admitted to the crimes.
The investigation began in April 2019 when police in Louisiana investigated online activity from a man who was accused of receiving sexually explicit images from at least one minor online. Officials said he allegedly traded child pornography with Indiana resident Diana Roe, who was arrested and charged in May 2019.
After examining Roe s devices, investigators found evidence that showed Schuck was sexually abusing and exploiting a child. Officials also learned Talley participated in the sexual exploitation of that child.
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An Indianapolis man and woman have been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison after prosecutors say they sexually abused a girl and sent pictures of the abuse to each other on messaging apps.
Bennie Schuck II, 46, and Amber Talley, 36, pleaded guilty last week to charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, producing child pornography with the minor victim and distributing the images.
The two came under suspicion in 2019 after Louisiana police began an investigation into a then-unrelated child pornography case. Louisiana investigators tracked images in that case to a woman in Indiana. As law enforcement unraveled that case they discovered Schuck s Kik Messenger account also was used to send images to the woman.