佛蒙特州男子持有儿童性虐待材料获刑10年：曾销毁证据、教唆证人作伪证并伪造短信
美国佛蒙特区联邦检察官办公室宣布，现年39岁、住在佛蒙特州 Williamstown 的 Arick Miller 于2026年10月13日在 Rutland 被联邦地区法官 Mary Kay Lanthier 判处120个月（10年）监禁，另加15年监督释放，罪名是持有儿童性虐待材料。Miller 于2026年6月4日认罪，并依书面认罪协议同意就「利用一名未成年人制作性剥削视频」一并受刑。
法庭记录显示，Miller 于2023年7月因其他指控被捕，其手机被扣押后交还给一名证人；该证人在手机上发现一名由 Miller 照护的未成年人的性剥削图像与视频，随即报警。Miller 于2023年8月中旬获释后，多次试图妨碍调查，包括销毁性剥削照片与视频、向调查人员撒谎、教唆证人在法庭上作伪证，以及伪造短信以抹黑他认为在与执法部门谈话的人。
调查人员最终在查获的多个设备与电脑账户中，找到了 Miller 虐待该未成年人的视频与照片证据，以及其试图掩盖行为的证据。
第一助理联邦检察官 Jonathan A. Ophardt 肯定了国土安全调查局（HSI）、佛蒙特州警察、佛蒙特州网络儿童犯罪特别工作组与佛蒙特州儿童与家庭部在此案中的协作调查。本案由联邦助理检察官 Dana E. Hill 负责起诉。
Vermont Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Child Sexual Abuse Material; Destroyed Evidence and Coached Witnesses
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that on October 13, 2026, Arick Miller, 39, of Williamstown, Vermont, was sentenced in Rutland by United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier to 120 months (10 years) in prison, to be followed by a 15-year term of supervised release, for possession of child sexual abuse materials. Miller pleaded guilty on June 4, 2026, and agreed, under a written plea agreement, to be sentenced for using a minor in the production of a sexually explicit video.
According to court records, Miller was arrested in July 2023 on unrelated charges, and his phone was seized and later released to a witness. The witness saw on the phone sexually explicit images and videos of a minor who had been entrusted to Miller's custody, and reported what was seen to the police. After Miller was released from jail in mid-August 2023, he made several efforts to impede the investigation, including destroying explicit photographs and videos, lying to investigators, coaching witnesses to lie in court, and creating fake text messages to impugn the motives of those he thought were talking to law enforcement.
Investigators nevertheless found video and photographic evidence of Miller's abuse of the minor, and of his attempts to conceal it, on multiple devices and computer accounts seized during the investigation.
First Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan A. Ophardt commended the collaborative investigative efforts of Homeland Security Investigations, the Vermont State Police, the Vermont Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the Vermont Department for Children and Families. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dana E. Hill.
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图片来源：图：位于 Burlington 的联邦大楼、邮局与法院大楼，佛蒙特区联邦法院所在地之一（资料图）。Farragutful 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: The Federal Building, Post Office and Courthouse in Burlington, a seat of the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont (file photo). By Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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