Columbia County man sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child porn
A Columbia County man was recently sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for creating sexually explicit images of children.
Edmund Brown, 36, of Martinez, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after previously pleading guilty in March to two counts of production of child pornography, according to Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. U.S. District Court.
Chief Judge J. Randal Hall also ordered Brown to pay more than $113,000 in restitution, serve 20 years of supervised release and register as a sex offender upon completion of his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Agents from Homeland Security Investigations reviewed images found on multiple electronic devices seized from Brown in May 2022 and discovered he used his cell phone and a hidden camera to capture sexually explicit images of two children for more than 2 years old, according to a news release.
"Every time one of these disturbing images is shared or viewed it revictimizes a helpless child and prevents them from healing,” said HSI Atlanta acting Special Agent in Charge Travis Pickard, who oversees Homeland Security Investigations operations in Georgia and Alabama.
Anyone with information on suspected child sexual exploitation can contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678, or report.cybertip.org.
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