Terry Levi Brown of Summerfield was sentenced on Apr. 28 to 10 years in federal prison and 15 years of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, according to U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.
Brown pleaded guilty on November 20, 2025. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber.
Court documents show that in July 2025, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office conducted an undercover operation targeting individuals using the internet to sexually exploit children. On July 27, two detectives posed online as a 14-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl. Brown messaged both accounts and continued sexually explicit conversations after learning he was speaking with minors. He was arrested after traveling to Marion County intending to meet the minors for sexual activity.
The investigation involved the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, while Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Janette Swartzberg prosecuted the case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse by coordinating resources among federal, state, and local agencies.
