A federal jury in London, Kentucky has convicted Brandon Farley, 42, of Harlan, on two counts of production of child pornography. The verdict was reached after a two-day trial and 45 minutes of jury deliberation.
During the trial, testimony indicated that Farley sexually abused a minor under his care and photographed the abuse.
Paul McCaffrey, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Olivia Olson, Special Agent in Charge at the FBI’s Louisville Field Division; and Col. Phillip J. Burnett, Jr., Commissioner of the Kentucky State Police issued a joint announcement regarding the conviction.
The investigation was conducted by both the FBI and Kentucky State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Blankenship is prosecuting the case.
Farley’s sentencing is scheduled for January 7, 2026. He faces up to 60 years in prison if given the maximum sentence allowed by law. Sentencing will be determined based on federal guidelines and statutes.
According to officials, “The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted this case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.”
