Former Police Officer Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

DALLAS — Brian Kelley of Quinlan, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to the statutory maximum of 10 years in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

Kelley, 41, pleaded guilty in January 2015 to a superseding information charging one count of possession of child pornography.  Today, Judge Fitzwater remanded him into federal custody. 

According to documents filed in the case, Kelley admitted that in September 2013, he possessed a flash drive that contained still images and a video depicting a minor female engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Kelley most recently worked as a UT Southwestern Police Officer.  Prior to that, he was a deputy sheriff with the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative, which was launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.  Led by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals, who sexually exploit children, and identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/.  For more information about internet safety education, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/ and click on the tab “resources.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Flower Mound Police Department and the Texas Rangers investigated.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Camille Sparks prosecuted.

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