Columbia man sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal child porn charges

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIIZ)

A Columbia man was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison without parole for federal child pornography charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.

Ryan Hine, 29, was sentenced for enticing a minor to produce child porn and advertising child porn to other people. He will also have 20 years of a supervised release after he is released.

According to the release, Hine began sending text messages to a 15-year-old girl in Mississippi in July 2018 and routinely traveled to meet with the child “to engage in sexual acts” and record the child. He allegedly advertised the videos to multiple buyers on “chat communication services” while posing as the child in 2020, the release states.   

Hine has been in federal custody since his arrest on Feb. 7, 2023, previous reporting says.

In 2021, Hine allegedly sent the video to another victim to get them to send him videos, previous reporting shows. He allegedly paid for a video from two victims and tried to sell it. There were six child victims in total, previous reporting shows.

Wednesday’s release says Hine also posed as a girl to recruit more victims.