MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Duluth, Minn., and Fargo, N.D., firefighter Caleb Stuart Lofald entered a guilty plea Thursday on charges of creating pornography with an infant.
Lofald, 33, was charged in U.S. District Court with creating 12 photos of a naked 4-month-old girl on about May 1, 2013. Some of the photos included a hand Lofald said was his, along with evidence of Lofald's ejaculate on the infant's genitalia.
Lofald faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, with a maximum of 30 years. He also faces first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct charges at the state level.
The investigation began in October 2014 when evidence that someone had used a file-sharing program to download suspected child pornography was traced to a Duluth fire station, where Lofald was working.
Lofald had previously worked in Fargo.
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