A Carol Stream man was sentenced Dec. 17 to 29 years in prison for manufacturing child pornography, according to a DuPage County State's Attorney's Office news release.

A jury on Aug. 16 found Adan Rodriguez, 53, guilty of three counts of manufacturing child pornography, a Class 1 felony, following a two-day trial. Judge Robert Miller handed down the sentence.

Rodriguez’s sentence stems from charges that in February 2015, he directed the victim, who suffers from spina bifida, to send sexually explicit photographs of herself to him, which the victim did, the release stated.

The text exchange was discovered by the victim’s mother, who saw the sexually explicit text messages and photographs between Rodriguez and his victim on her daughter’s cell phone. She immediately contacted the Carol Stream Police Department who in turn contacted the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office Children’s Advocacy Center, according to the release.

An investigation conducted by the DuPage County Children’s Advocacy Center resulted in the charges against Rodriguez.

“Mr. Rodriguez manipulated a young girl with special needs into sending him explicit photographs of herself,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in the release. “Thankfully, the jury saw through his attempts to paint the victim as the aggressor and found him guilty of this disgusting behavior."

Rodriguez will be required to serve 50 percent of his sentence before being eligible for parole.