An Adams County couple is facing federal charges of using a girl who is less than a year old to produce child pornography.

Michael Strausbaugh, 30, and Rebecca Strausbaugh, 31, of New Oxford, are charged with sexual exploitation of a child for allegedly producing child porn, U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith said, and Michael Strausbaugh also is accused of distributing it.

The Strausbaughs took obscene images of the child in December and distributed them over the Internet, according to a grand jury indictment in U.S. Middle District Court. The charges against the couple result from a probe that is related to the arrest of a Canadian resident who allegedly was trading child porn images with Michael Strausbaugh, Smith said.

The Strausbaughs are in prison pending action on the charges. If convicted, Michael Strausbaugh would face at least 25 years in prison and his wife would face at least 15 years in prison, Smith said.

Anyone with information on the case can call U.S. Postal Inspector Michael Corricelli at 717-257-5581.