A 39-year-old Faribault man and former Girl Scout leader was sentenced Friday in federal court to 30 years in prison for producing a video containing child pornography.

Michael Angelo Borromeo admitted that on June 21, 2008, he produced a video featuring a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He used his cell phone to film a 14-year-old girl.

Borromeo was arrested by Faribault police in February 2009 after the girl reported that he had come to her house when her parents were away, torn her clothes off, taped her mouth and raped her.

The girl told investigators that he had previously taken photos of her and her 13-year-old sister naked, and that she had sent him photos of herself naked -- at his request -- on a cell phone he had bought for her.

Police said Borromeo admitted having sexual contact with the girl at least five times at her home, but he denied using force. He also told police he was in love. According to the complaint, he told police: "Everything we were doing was wrong."

At the time of Borromeo's arrest, police said he had been a Girl Scouts troop co-leader since 2007. Girl Scout volunteers must undergo a criminal background check. Except for a 2005 misdemeanor theft conviction, Borromeo had no other criminal record before his arrest in this case.

Federal prosecutors said Borromeo received child pornography files on his cell phone on Sept. 12, 2007, produced a video sex recording with a juvenile on June 21, 2008, and possessed child pornography that had been mailed, e-mailed or phoned to him on Feb. 12. He was indicted last October and pleaded guilty in March of this year to a single count of production of child pornography.

In addition to the 30 years in prison, U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen sentenced Borromeo to a lifetime of supervised release.

Borromeo has pleaded guilty to state charges related to this conduct as well as to other conduct that involved the sexual exploitation of minors. He is still awaiting sentencing in that case while he is in federal custody.

The state court case was prosecuted by the Rice County attorney's office. The federal case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick.

The case was investigated by the Rice County Sheriff's Office, the Faribault Police Department, and the FBI.

James Walsh • 612-673-7428