U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey announced that Dalton Wayne Braun, 36, of Kingsford, was sentenced to 360 months in prison followed by 120 months of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a child. Braun admitted when pleading guilty that he had recorded a video of himself sexually abusing a minor child in July 2024.  Braun also admitted that he then distributed that video over the internet. U.S. Attorney Timothy VerHey said, “Dalton Braun repeatedly abused a small child, who was not even old enough to voice the abuse he was suffering.  No one should tolerate such abuse and my office certainly will not.