Ronald Knox, Child Pornography Distribution, Kentucky 2025

A Walton, Ky., man, Ronald Knox, 55, was sentenced to 168 months in prison for the distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

According to court documents, in January 2025, Knox distributed a depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct to an undercover law enforcement officer by means of a BitTorrent peer-to-peer network. In May 2025, law enforcement seized Knox’s devices from his residence. A search of those devices revealed a significant amount of child pornography, including the distributed image and other depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Knox admitted that he viewed child pornography and that he had been doing so for years.

Under federal law, Knox must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for 20 years.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI and Campbell County Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Drew Spievack is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted this case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the government to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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