A Lake Harmony man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton on Nov. 10 on charges of producing, receiving and distributing child pornography.

According to U.S. Attorney Peter Smith, the grand jury alleges Grant Harris, 36, committed the offenses between 2008 and 2014.The Indictment was made public after Harris was taken into custody Wednesday.Charges stem from an investigation by agents of Homeland Security Investigations, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.If convicted of the production charge, Harris faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a potential maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.The receipt and distribution charges each carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a potential maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis P. Sempa is prosecuting the case.