Roanoke Woman Sentenced to 600 Months in Prison For Sexual Exploitation of Children and Distribution of Child Pornography

FORT WAYNE – Annamarie Fleischman, 36 years old, formerly of Roanoke, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Children and Receipt of Child Pornography, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred.

Fleischman was sentenced to 600 months in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Restitution will be imposed at a later date.

According to documents in the case, between April 2023 and August 2023, Fleischman used a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of that conduct. On or about June 2023, Fleischman also received images of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

“This Defendant will spend the next fifty years in prison for choosing to not only violate a child, but also to document it!  This was nothing short of deplorable, and prison is the only appropriate response to this behavior.  The Northern District of Indiana is safer thanks to the hard, professional work and partnership between federal and local law enforcement, particularly the Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Indiana State Police, the Huntington County Sheriff’s Office, the Roanoke Police Department, and the Huntington County Prosecutor’s Office led by Prosecutor Jeremy Nix and Chief Deputy Prosecutor Theresa Searles.  Those that predate on children in this way need to be put away where they cannot harm more kids,” Mildred said.

“Annamarie Fleischman’s heinous actions deserve every day of her 50-year sentence.  HSI will continue to utilize every resource at our disposal to protect children from those who seek to exploit and do them harm,” said HSI Chicago Special Agent in Charge Matthew Scarpino.

This case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security – Homeland Security Investigations, with assistance from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Indiana State Police, the Huntington County Sheriff’s Office, the Roanoke Police Department, and the Huntington County Prosecutor’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley J. Miller Lowery. 

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. In 2006, the Department of Justice created Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.