Indiana Man Serving 20-Year Sentence for Producing Child Abuse Images Dies in Federal Prison

PORTAGE, Indiana – Romio Hawkins, a 26-year-old man serving a 20-year prison sentence for producing child abuse images, was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at a federal prison in Milan, Michigan, on Monday. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed his death in a statement, indicating that life-saving efforts were unsuccessful. Hawkins, who had been at the Milan prison for 13 months, had pleaded guilty to producing child sexual abuse images in 2022. The charges against …

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