A former police officer in Texas has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
Brian Kelley, a 41-year-old resident of Quinlan, Texas, was sentenced in January 2015 by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to the statutory maximum of 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for possessing child pornography.
According to documents filed in the case, Kelley admitted that in September 2013, he possessed a flash drive that contained still images and a video depicting a minor female engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Kelley most recently worked as a UT Southwestern Police Officer. Prior to that, he was a deputy sheriff with the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Flower Mound Police Department, and the Texas Rangers investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks prosecuted.
Brian Kelley, 41, pleaded guilty in January 2015 to a superseding information charging one count of possession of child pornography. Today, Judge Fitzwater remanded him into federal custody.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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