Coeur d'Alene grand jury indicts federal inmate for sexual exploitation of child

COEUR d'ALENE – A federal court grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday indicted a federal prisoner incarcerated in Arkansas on charges of sexually exploiting an Idaho child, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Idaho announced.

39-year-old Hamza L. Nijmeh is accused of sexual exploitation of a child.

Prosecutors allege that between August 2023 and October 2023, while in federal prison in Forrest City, Arkansas, Nijmeh used multiple cell phones to sexually exploit a child in Idaho.

According to court records, Nijmeh was convicted in 2017 of distributing and receiving child pornography.

If convicted of sexual exploitation of a child, Nijmeh faces 25 to 50 years in prison. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, he faces an additional 10 years in prison for committing a crime against a minor, despite being required to register as a sex offender.