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WILMINGTON — After being charged last month with six counts of second- and third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, a local musician faces 10 more charges.
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Jacob Bradley Newman, 37, remains jailed at New Hanover County Detention Center and on April 7, the New Hanover County Sheriffs Office added 10 additional third-degree sex exploitation of a minor charges to his record. This means Newman had in his possession and knew the content and character of images and videos of children featured in various sexual activities.
“He had an obscene amount of images,” NHCSO Lt. Jerry Brewer said on a phone call Tuesday. “I mean tens of thousands.”
Newman was arrested on March 27, 2025, through a joint investigation from the state SBI and local sheriffs office. The departments began investigating him a few weeks prior to his arrest. Brewer told Port City Daily he couldn’t reveal what led the teams to initiate the investigation.
According to arrest records, the latest 10 charges include images of young females, anywhere from 7-to-12-years-old showcasing their genitals in compromising positions and adults participating in various sex acts with pre-pubescent females, ages 6-9. One includes a young child engaging in fellatio on an adult male, another of a crying nude female sitting on a bed, with a nude adult male standing next to her. There is also a photo of two pre-pubescent children preparing to engage in intercourse.
Some images were created from screenshots of videos, the earliest captured on March 22, 2025, according to the records. One screenshot on March 21 involves a nude 2-3-year-old female and an adult male.
Newman’s total bond is now $550,000 and he remains in the NHC Detention Center. Brewer said the detective on the case doesn’t expect more charges.
Third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor is a Class H felony and has a sentence range of four to 25 months in prison with a max three-year incarceration, if the defendant is found guilty. Second-degree is a Class E felony, which carries a standard sentence of two to four years imprisonment, with a maximum penalty of seven years.
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