Tulip Festival Official Sexually Abuses Children and Films Abuse
November 5, 2009Thomas Westerlund, 51, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was a trusted member of the community who helped to organize the local Tulip Time festival for 33 years – until he was caught producing child sexual abuse images. Westerlund plans to plead guilty to federal charges of producing and possessing child sexual abuse images involving children he had lured into volunteering at the festival, and then given drugs and alcohol to.
According to mlive.com, federal sentencing guidelines will call for between 30 and 80 years behind bars, with a likely lifetime period of supervised release. The lowest possible sentence is 15 years.
