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BUFFALO — A 20-year-old Gowanda man is facing up to 30 years in prison, accused of production and distribution of child pornography.
Prosecutors say Shane Michael Aurand started communicating with an undercover law enforcement agent on the messaging application Kik. Aurand shared sexually explicit pictures of a seven-year-old child that he produced while babysitting the child at his house. The defendant also offered to send the undercover agent pictures of other children if he received child pornography in return.
The criminal complaint is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Adam S. Cohen.
