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William Rensing

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Child Porn Distribution Gets Man At Least 15 Years

Lincoln Park resident pleads guilty, faces up to 40 years and $250K fine.

A Lincoln Park man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges of distribution of child pornography through the Internet. William Rensing, 46, has prior convictions for sexual assault of a minor and now faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years in prison and maximum potential penalty of up to 40 years in prison, in addition to a $250,000 fine, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 22. Rensing was arrested at his home in July 2011 after law enforcement officials, including some from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, executed a search warrant, seizing a notebook computer that Fishman said had sexual abuse images and videos of children. Some of the images depicted children as …

Monica Sclafani

3:24 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Child Porn Indictment Has Man Facing 40 Years in Prison

Lincoln Park resident allegedly distributed sexual images, videos of children as young as 6 through the Internet.

A Lincoln Park man was indicted Tuesday on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography by a federal grand jury. William Rensing, 46, faces between 15 and 40 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. Rensing was arrested after a search warrant was executed in his home on July 27, 2011. Fishman said authorities seized a notebook computer that contained pornographic images and videos from the Internet of children as young as six years old. Special agents of the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement assisted with the investigation.

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