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Sherri Smith, 48, "of Osceola, Indiana" — sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for production of child pornography: she and her partner exploited six children in their care to produce images; the partner, Joseph Williams of Watervliet, Michigan, received 80 years; Smith pleaded guilty 17 October 2017. The record is the U.S. Attorney's release for the Western District of Michigan (19 April 2018), which governs over the aggregator copies that also circulate. Lonnie Painter, 57, "of Osceola, Indiana" — sentenced to 180 months for felon in possession of a firearm (two loaded 9mm pistols, June–November 2018), before Judge Jon E. DeGuilio at South Bend; the Northern District of Indiana's release records his prior convictions for second-degree murder in Tennessee and attempted murder in LaPorte, Indiana. Fame is fame and both are printed without celebration, at the size the federal record gives them; no other documented notorious figure genuinely of the town was found.
Sources:
- U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan — "Couple Who Produced Child Pornography Get Decades In Prison," 19 April 2018.
- U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana — "Osceola, Indiana Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison."