RUSHFORD, Minn. – An alert was issued for a man believed to have made at least a part-time living with online child pornography out of Rushford and also Mabel. Sheriff John DeGeorge said the man had lived as recently as May in Fillmore County. A tip that William Guy Amick III, 36, may still be in the area came through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which had received a Pennsylvania arrest warrant from a county south of Pittsburgh. Public tips to the U.S. Marshals Service invited both online and at the tip line 877-WANTED-2. Tips can be anonymous, the agency said. Amick is charged in Minnesota’s Fillmore County with 13 felony counts. These inckude using minors in sexual performance, soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct, and possessing pornographic work involving minors. The incidents involve kids 7 and under and also a newborn. Investigators said Amick often used a false female identity when interacting with other men online to create child sexual abuse material. It’s believed Amick was selling the materials online.
Amick. Six-foot-three, 123 pounds, dark brown hair, blue eyes. Sometimes in female disguise. Has been known to the name “E.” Had lived a couple years in Fillmore County.