St. Clair Man Sentenced to 40 years for Child Exploitation Crimes

A St. Clair man was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment for convictions of producing child pornography and receiving child pornography online, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.

Schneider was joined in the announcement by Acting Special Agent in Charge Angie Salazar of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit.

According to court records, Thomas Alan Stubbs, 50, pleaded guilty in September, 2018 to sexual exploitation crimes.  He admitted that he molested and took sexually explicit photographs of a six year old child.  He also admitted to downloading child pornography from the internet.  The defendant was apprehended by the Detroit U.S. Marshalls Service in Las Vegas, Nevada, after fleeing the state to avoid prosecution.

This case was investigated by Special Agents of Homeland Security Investigations.  The case is part of the Project Safe Childhood initiative, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Maggie Smith.