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Duane DeMichele Charged in Federal Child Pornography Case; Matter Unresolved

Prosecutors have charged DeMichele with two counts of production and five counts of receipt of child pornography after an FBI and Grundy County Sheriff's Office investigation. He has not been tried, and the case remains undecided.

3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 19, 2026, 4:53 a.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 17, 2026, 10:41 a.m. ETWritten Aug 19, 2026, 5:23 a.m. ET
Duane DeMichele has been with two counts of production of child pornography and five counts of receipt of child pornography, according to reporting by wfav951.com. Prosecutors allege DeMichele made two minors participate in sexually explicit behavior, wfav951.com reported. A search warrant was served at a home in the 100 block of Kevin Drive in Diamond on June 30th, according to the same reporting. The FBI and the Grundy County Sheriff's Office investigated the case, wfav951.com reported. The charges carry , according to wfav951.com. That maximum would come into play only in the event of a conviction. The case is at the charging stage and has not been resolved. DeMichele has not been tried, and no plea, trial date, verdict or other outcome appears in the reporting cited here. The counts against him are allegations that federal prosecutors would have to prove. DeMichele is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty in court. The reporting on which this account is based did not include that statement; the standard applies regardless, and readers encountering this story later should not take the filing of charges as a finding of guilt.

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 19, 2026, 4:56 a.m. ET

    Duane DeMichele Charged with Federal Child Pornography Counts; Case Undecided

    Duane DeMichele has been charged with two counts of production of child pornography and five counts of receipt of child pornography, according to wfav951.com. The case is at the charging stage and has not been decided. No conviction, acquittal, plea or dismissal has been reported; the charges are allegations, and DeMichele is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

    Prosecutors allege DeMichele made two minors participate in sexually explicit behavior, wfav951.com reported. A search warrant was served on June 30th at a home in the 100 block of Kevin Drive in Diamond. The investigation was conducted by the FBI and the Grundy County Sheriff's Office, according to wfav951.com.

    If convicted, DeMichele faces up to 30 years in federal prison, wfav951.com reported. That figure is a statutory maximum, not a sentence: no finding of guilt has been made in this matter.

    Readers coming to this account later should treat it as a snapshot of an open case. The reporting it is based on covers only the filing of charges and the investigation behind them; it records no resolution of those charges.

  2. Aug 19, 2026, 4:53 a.m. ETFirst report

    Duane DeMichele Charged with Federal Child Pornography Counts; Case Not Resolved

    Duane DeMichele has been charged with two counts of production of child pornography and five counts of receipt of child pornography, wfav951.com reported.

    The case is at the charging stage and has not been decided. No plea, trial or verdict has been reported. Charges are allegations only, and DeMichele is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty in court. Readers coming to this account at a later date should not assume an outcome: the reporting available describes the charges filed and nothing about how the case was resolved.

    Prosecutors allege that DeMichele made two minors participate in sexually explicit behavior, according to wfav951.com. A search warrant was served at a home in the 100 block of Kevin Drive in Diamond on June 30th.

    The investigation was conducted by the FBI and the Grundy County Sheriff's Office, wfav951.com reported.

    DeMichele faces up to 30 years in federal prison if convicted, according to wfav951.com. That figure is a statutory maximum tied to a conviction that has not occurred.

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