WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Michael David Dickey, 31, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 22 years and six months in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S.Attorney Eric Grant announced.
According to court documents, in 2024, Dickey was identified during a law enforcement investigation into forums on the dark web where posters traded child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Law enforcement traced several usernames to Dickey whose posts indicated that he recorded video of a 13-year-old boy engaging in sexually explicit activity and posted it onto the forums. A sear...