The girl, who had visited Amy Shanty and Michael Walworth for years, was drugged and given presents by the couple as a means to be coaxed into performing sex acts with them, Totten said.

Amy Lucille Shanty and Michael James Walworth both were sentenced on a charge of sexual exploitation of a child. Federal prosecutors said the girl visited Walworth and Shanty over years and were ...

Her co-defendant, Michael James Walworth, was sentenced in June. The Scottville residents were named in an indictment filed in February. According to the filing, authorities claim the pair abused ...

Michael Walworth and Amy Shanty were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering. "The facts of this case are appalling,” said U.S. Attorney Totten. “My office is fully committed to ...

In June, Shanty’s co-defendant, Michael Walworth, was likewise sentenced to 30 years in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said Shanty and Walworth were ...

The Walworth County man is being held on referred ... That boy's family identified him as 8-year-old named Michael. He died at the hospital from his injuries. Friends of Michael and his family ...