Ohio County man sentenced for child pornography charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Ryan Nicholas Wolf, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for child pornography possession, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.

Wolf, 35, pled guilty in February 2021 to one count of “Possession of Child Pornography.” Wolf admitted to having devices containing images and videos of child pornography in January 2021 in Ohio County. 

Wolf’s Wheeling Island home was searched in January 2021. The search found a thumb drive containing over a thousand images of what appeared to be juveniles. It does not appear as though any of the child pornographic material found in Wolf’s possession was locally produced and/or depicted children that he personally knew.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Perri prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Department of Homeland Security and Wheeling Police Department investigated. 

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.