GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — An East Leroy man is headed to a federal prison for the next five years after he was convicted of trading sexually explicit pictures and videos with a 14-year-old girl in California.
Gary Hicks, 56, was also given five years of supervised release by Judge Robert Holmes Bell.
The online service they used was designed for adults, but the child had acquired access and contacted several men.
Police were investigating those cases when they discovered the pictures and videos of Hicks.
Hicks pleaded guilty. It was his first offense.
– John McNeill
