He used app to get images of 7-year-old. Kentucky man gets long sentence.

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FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Berea, Kentucky man was sentenced to serve 214 months, or 17 years, in federal prison for using a 7-year-old victim to produce child exploitation material.

Bradley Scott Helton, 33, previously pleaded guilty to communicating with the victim via an app called “Kiss Kiss: Spin the Bottle.” He admitted to chatting with the victim, sending sexual videos and pictures, and requesting the victim send sexual videos in return. Helton further acknowledged that he persuaded and used the 7-year-old to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction. The images traveled in interstate commerce when the victim, who was in Texas, sent them via the app to Helton in Kentucky.

“Our agents make it a top priority to protect children from online sexual predators such as this,” said Jerry C. Templet, Jr, special agent in charge, HSI Nashville. “HSI will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure that these predators are apprehended and pay the price for their heinous crimes.”

The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Kentucky State Police.

Under federal law, Helton must serve 85% of his prison sentence and will be supervised by U.S. Probation for 25 years upon his release from prison.

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