Millington Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Production of Child Pornography

Memphis, TN – Jeffrey Crosslin, 41, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for production of child pornography.  Interim U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr. for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.

According to information presented in court, on four occasions in June, July, and August of 2024, Jeffrey Crosslin secretly photographed a twelve-year-old child in a store where Crosslin worked a part time job. In many of the photographs, the child was sitting in a position that unintentionally exposed her inner thighs and buttocks and her clothed vaginal area. Crosslin surreptitiously angled his phone to capture the child in this accidentally exposed state, with a focus on her buttocks and vaginal area. Crosslin captured more than 550 images of the child over the course of the summer. Of those, about 30 images were pornographic.  On the last occasion, in August 2024, the child noticed Crosslin taking the photos and reported him to her father.

The case was investigated by detectives with the Munford Police Department and agents with the FBI’s Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force, who recovered store surveillance video that showed Crosslin taking the August photographs and whose review of Crosslin’s phone revealed all the photographs he had taken that summer.

A federal grand jury for the Western District of Tennessee returned a two-count indictment on November 5, 2024, charging Crosslin with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2251(a) and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a). On March 8, 2025, Crosslin pled guilty to production of child pornography. On June 27, 2025, United States Chief District Court Judge Sheryl H. Lipman sentenced Crosslin to 15 years' imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release.

There is no parole in the federal system.

“Safeguarding our children from predators is a top priority of this office.”, said Interim U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy. “Children should be safe in public places from those who would take advantage of their innocent behavior to secretly produce pornographic images. Because this victim had the courage to come forward, Jeffrey Crosslin was brought to justice; and our community and children are now safer. This significant sentence should serve as a warning to those who would harm children in this manner.”

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, which is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children and to identify and rescue child victims of sexual exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

Assistant United States Attorneys Lauren Delery and Lynn Crum prosecuted this case on the government’s behalf.

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