A federal grand jury indicted Englewood resident Mervin Edy Wolf on four counts related to sexual assault on a child and creating child pornography.
The indictment was handed down March 26 and Wolf was ordered held without bond pending the resolution of his case. A four-day trial has been scheduled May 27 at the federal courthouse in Denver.
The first count of the four-count indictment charges Wolf traveled across state lines with intent to engage with a sex act with a child
If found guilty on count one, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, the possible penalties for a first offense are not less than 30 years or not more than life imprisonment, a fine of not more than $250,000 or both.
Counts two, three and four relate to charges that he persuaded a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography.
If Wolf is convicted of counts two through four, production of child pornography, he could be sentenced to not less than 15 years or not more than 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both for each count.
FBI agents arrested the 61-year-old Englewood resident March 5 on child pornography charges.
According to the arrest affidavit, in about September 2007, Wolf began taking pornographic photographs of a minor child who lived with Wolf’s California relatives. The report stated that, over the next seven years, Wolf forced the minor child to perform and participate in an escalating pattern of sexual acts which Wolf would photograph or videotape.
According to the affidavit, the victim made the decision to report the sexual abuse when she learned Wolf planned to visit in June. She said she was afraid Wolf would start molesting her younger siblings. Once the girl’s family learned about the claims, other family members came forward to report sexual abuse by Wolf.