A registered sex offender from Cumming, who spent nearly a decade in state prison for child molestation and sexual exploitation of children, was sentenced Wednesday by a judge in Gainesville to federal prison for possessing a large collection of child sex abuse material. A law enforcement investigation revealed that Wolf started to build that collection and distribute images from it shortly after his release from state custody.
“Wolf is a predator with an appetite for innocent children,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “His decision to re-engage in exploitation shows his irrepressible depravity, disrespect for the law, and danger to the community.”
According to Hertzberg, the charges, and other information presented in court: In October 2023, Google sent multiple cyber tips to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) related to a Google user who had disseminated child sex abuse material to other users through Google chat. NCMEC notified the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office because the Google user had accessed the internet from an address in Cumming.
The sheriff’s office identified the offending Google user as Keith Wolf, who had previously been convicted of child molestation in 2012 and sexual exploitation of children in 2016. Wolf was released from state prison in August 2023, just a few weeks before Google began sending its tips to NCMEC.
Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at Wolf’s residence and recovered his cell phone. A review of that device revealed hundreds of images and dozens of videos of depicting sexual abuse of children, including infants and toddlers.
Wolf was sentenced to ten years in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, and $19,000 in restitution. Wolf pleaded guilty to possession of child sex abuse material on last September.