A Schuylkill County man has been charged with production of child pornography.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned an indictment, charging Josiah Ferrebee, 19, of Pine Grove, with production of child pornography and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.According to United States Attorney Peter Smith, the indictment alleges that Ferrebee persuaded and coerced a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual image of such conduct, and enticed, persuaded and coerced the minor to engage in illegal sexual activity in January 2016.The charges stem from an investigation by agents from the Department of Homeland Security, and detectives from the County Sheriff's Office in Grand Traverse Michigan.If convicted, Ferrebee faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, and a potential maximum sentence of 30 years in prison for the child pornography charge, and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, and a potential maximum sentence of life in prison for the enticement of a minor charge.This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal,