BOISE, ID — A 27-year-old Canyon County man has been sentenced after being convicted in a child exploitation case investigated by Idaho’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, according to the Idaho Attorney General’s Office.
James Anthony Halma was convicted of two counts of sexual exploitation of a child by possession of sexually exploitative material and one count involving generated artificial intelligence child sexual abuse material.
The case began in 2024 after a CyberTip flagged an online account allegedly linked to Halma. Investigators later served search warrants and seized digital devices, where forensic examiners reported finding about 100 files depicting minors…