The government regards child pornography as a crime of violence because it involves brutal assaults on very young children who cannot give consent to sexual activity.
The case began in October 2021 when Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation agents learned of an influx of methamphetamine being distributed in the Lovell area.
"'I got out to go back and talk to him and that guy came out with a machete...a big black machete, about three feet long... that's what it looked like...'"