West Mich. woman pleads guilty in child porn case

A Mecosta County woman has pleaded guilty to a federal child exploitation charge for taking pictures of a naked child and sending them to another man. Andrea Marie Mast, 32, of Evart made the plea Monday, indicating that she will cooperate with authorities and testify against Timothy Sims, the man who received the pictures. Sims is going on trial Oct. 25 on charges of producing, receiving and processing sexually explicit images of children. Mast faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison.