GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 3, 2014) — Jeffrey Marchione was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 30 years behind bars for child porn possession.
Marchione, 47, of Alto pleaded guilty to having images of child porn on two laptops and a thumbnail drive and admitted to sending those images to people out of state. He was also ordered to pay fines and restitution of $5,500.
The federal indictment came down in July alleging that Marchione had more than 42,000 images of child porn on his computer as well as a manifesto on how to molest young boys.
The indictment and resulting court documents said, “The document instructs people, specifically men, to become mentors, coaches or counselors in their local community to find a child to molest.”
Marchione had been a parent and foster parent to more than 20 children when the allegations surfaced. As part of a federal plea agreement, he also agreed to plead guilty to a third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge in Kent County involving a teen he once mentored.
As part of the plea deal, any state charges from the Kent County CSC case would run concurrent with the sentence in the federal pornography case. He is scheduled to be sentenced for the state charges April 14.
