Kelvin Lee Pratt, Child Pornography, Arkansas 2016

Harrison Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Child Pornography Offense

Fort Smith, Arkansas – A 35-year-old man from Harrison, Arkansas, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in advertising child pornography.

Kelvin Lee Pratt, 35, was sentenced on an unspecified date in the United States District Court in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to 180 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for Advertising Visual Depictions of a Minor Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct.

According to court records, from February 18, 2015, to May 20, 2015, Pratt engaged in sexually explicit conversations with an underage minor female using Facebook Messenger, a person-to-person chat service that sends messages through interstate commerce via a computer network. Pratt sent sexually explicit images and engaged in sexually explicit conversations with the underage female in an effort to solicit and receive nude pictures of the minor.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Denis Dean prosecuted the case for the United States.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006.

In a statement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said that Pratt’s actions were a serious violation of the law and a threat to the safety of children. The office praised the work of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in bringing the case to a successful conclusion.

The case was brought to light after detectives determined that Pratt sent the messages and images from his residence in Harrison, Arkansas. Pratt was indicted by a federal grand jury in October, 2015, and pleaded guilty to the offense in January, 2016.

More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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