Ithaca sex offender accused of making 3 sexually explicit videos with a 10-year-old, feds say
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021, 6:35 p.m. |
Published: Oct. 15, 2021, 6:34 p.m.
Remanu Phillips, 31, of Ithaca. (Courtesy of the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services)
James McClendon | jmcclendon@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — An Ithaca man was charged Thursday after he was accused of producing three sexually explicit videos with a 10-year-old child, federal prosecutors said.
Remanu Phillips, 31, appeared in federal court on charges that he sexually exploited a child, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York.
He was accused of making the three videos of the child in June of 2019, federal prosecutors said.
Phillips was already registered as a level-2 sexually violent offender, after he was convicted in November of 2019 of first-degree sexual abuse and sexual contact with an individual less than 11 years old, according to the NYS sex offender registry.
He was accused of having sexual contact with a 10-year-old girl multiple times in October of 2019, according to the state sex offender registry. The unnamed victim was a child Phillips knew.
Phillips was sentenced to six months in prison and 10 years of probation for that offense, according to the registry.
If convicted for his most recent charges, Phillips could face a minimum of 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison, prosecutors said. He could also face a maximum fine of $250,000, and a term of supervised release of five years to life, they said.
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