Columbus Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Child Sexual Exploitation
Andrew Wade Case, 39, received 27 years and three months in federal prison plus lifetime supervised release.
2 reports on this incident · first at Sep 9, 2026, 10:43 a.m. ET
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Columbus Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Child Sexual Exploitation
Andrew Wade Case, 39, of Columbus, was sentenced on September 9, 2026, to 27 years and three months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, according to wbiw.com. The sentence was imposed after Case pleaded guilty to charges of sexually exploiting a young child and possessing child sexual abuse material.
According to wbiw.com, the case involved Case forcing a child under the age of 12 to engage in sexually explicit conduct, filming it, and distributing the video online. The investigation was conducted by the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the Bloomington Police Department.
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