A 21-year-old man in Texas faces federal charges related to child pornography following a months-long investigation by the St. Francis Police Department.
Axis C. Williams was indicted on two counts of production of child pornography by a federal grand jury on April 7, according to an announcement April 13 from Brad Schimel, first assistant United States attorney of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
The indictment, obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, alleges Williams coerced three minors to engage in and record sexually explicit conduct in September 2025.
A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Wisconsin said Williams met a minor online and caused her, and two other juveniles, “to engage in sexually explicit conduct, record it, and send him the recordings.”
An indictment is not a guilty verdict; it is just a charge. If he is convicted of either count, Williams faces a mandatory 15-year prison sentence – a maximum of 30 years – plus a $250,000 fine and five years to life of supervised release per count.
St. Francis Police posted an update to the case on its Facebook page April 15, noting the department concluded the internet crimes against children investigation on March 2 when the search warrant for Williams was served in Aransas Pass, Texas.
The operation was conducted along with Homeland Security Investigations – Corpus Christi and the San Patricio County Sheriff’s Office, the SFPD post said.
Williams also faces one count of possession of child pornography from the Southern District of Texas, according to the St. Francis Police Department.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Texas man faces child porn charges after St. Francis police investigation
Reporting by Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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