Barbourville Man Sentenced for Transporting Child Pornography

LONDON, KY—The United States Attorney’s Office, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Kentucky State Police (KSP) jointly announced today that 23-year-old Ricky Gray of Barbourville, Ky. was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for the transportation of child pornography. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove.

In January of 2009, Gray pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted that he uploaded more than 600 images of child pornography to his Yahoo account. Gray also admitted that he knew the images depicted children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

During the investigation, KSP and the FBI identified the images and tracked down Gray at his home in Barbourville even though Gray’s Yahoo account was password protected and otherwise unavailable to the public.

As part of the lifetime supervision, Gray must register as a sex offender, not use a computer or camera without supervision, and not live or work near children.

The investigation was conducted by the Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The United States was represented by the London Branch Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

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