BRUCE NICHOLSON, Child Pornography and Human Trafficking, Alabama 2018

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A Chilton County man has been sentenced to life in prison for producing, transporting, and possessing child pornography and transporting two minor girls for illegal sexual activity.

U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala sentenced BRUCE NICHOLSON, 56, to life in prison.

NICHOLSON was convicted on October 18, 2018, for production, transportation, and possession of child pornography and transporting two minors with the intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity with them.

According to the sentencing memorandum, for many years Nicholson had sexually abused both girls and fled the state of Alabama with them in 2012. They were on the road for more than month and spent time in Florida, North Carolina, and New York, before law enforcement authorities found them in Kentucky.

“The sentence handed down today ensures that this man, who stole the innocence of two girls, and a large part of their childhoods, can no longer take advantage of them or any other vulnerable child,” said U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town.

“A long prison sentence is well deserved for the defendant in this case,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.

The FBI investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorneys J.B. Ward and Don Long prosecuted.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndal/pr/chilton-county-man-serve-life-prison-transporting-two-minors-and-producing-transporting