An East Wenatchee man received 23 years in prison Wednesday for making recordings of his sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl.

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How Investigators Uncovered the Abuse

U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Washington Judge Thomas O. Rice handed down the sentence to 34-year-old Michael Avilez Espinoza.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office found evidence he created and shared videos of his sexual abuse of the child in 2022.

Additional Charges in Chelan County

A Chelan County Superior Court Judge later issued a warrant for Espinoza's arrest on numerous charges related to having sex with a 16-year-old in 2019 and distributing images of the act.

He pled guilty in July to two counts of producing child pornography. As part of the

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