TOPEKA – A 50-year-old McPherson County man has been charged with using a 9-year-old girl to produce child pornography.

Philip Andra Grigsby, of Marquette is charged with two counts of enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography, one count of possessing child pornography and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in April and July 2012 in McPherson County.

If convicted, he faces a penalty of not less than 15-years and not more than 30-years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each of the counts of producing child pornography, not less than 5-years and a fine up to $250,000 on the possession count and a maximum penalty of 10-years and a fine up to $250,000 on the gun charge.

The FBI, the Australian Federal Police, the Marquette Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.