Kaden Heard, Child Exploitation, Alabama 2025

A 31-year-old Foley man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for his role in the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography.

Kaden Heard, 31, was sentenced to 121 months in prison by United States District Judge Kristi DuBose on December 12, 2025, for his convictions related to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography.

Heard entered his guilty pleas on September 19, 2025, according to court documents.

Heard was active on a social media application when he began chatting with an individual that he believed to be a 13-year-old female in Phoenix. Heard expressed a desire to travel to Arizona to engage in sexual activity with the 13-year-old and sent explicit photographs of himself to this individual.

A search was conducted of Heard’s social media accounts, and investigators found thousands of chats during which Heard was actively seeking images of child pornography. Heard’s cell phone was seized and found to contain hundreds of images of child pornography, including images of prepubescent minors.

Heard will be subject to sex offender treatment and mental health treatment while imprisoned. He will be required to register as a sex offender and is to have no contact with minors. Heard was ordered to pay $7,500 in restitution to the victim of his offenses and $200 in special assessments.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Phoenix and Mobile Divisions, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kacey Chappelear.

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.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdal/pr/foley-man-sentenced-10-years-attempted-enticement-minor-and-possession-child