A Georgetown, Kentucky man, George Michael Brock Jr., 49, has been sentenced to 348 months in federal prison for the production of child pornography. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell.
Authorities reported that in 2016, law enforcement received information that Brock had used the social media application MeetMe to lure underage victims into nude modeling. Brock was previously convicted in 2018 for using an electronic communication system to procure a minor. After his release from prison in July 2019, he was required by Kentucky law to comply with sex offender supervision and registration requirements for five years.
According to the plea agreement, on January 11, 2023, while still subject to those registration requirements, Brock began communicating with a minor via Skype and directed the minor to produce sexually explicit images. The victim complied with his requests. Investigators found evidence of similar conversations between Brock and other minors through Skype records. He also shared many of these images with a friend over the internet.
Under federal guidelines, Brock is required to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence before becoming eligible for release. Upon completion of his prison term, he will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for life.
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 Chief Darin Allgood of the Georgetown Police Department jointly announced the sentencing.
The case was investigated by the FBI and Georgetown Police Department with support from the Kentucky Division of Probation and Parole. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Melton prosecuted the case.
The prosecution falls under Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse nationwide. Project Safe Childhood brings together resources from federal, state, and local agencies to investigate and prosecute individuals who exploit children online and works to identify and rescue victims. More information about this initiative can be found at www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
“Paul McCaffrey, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Olivia Olson, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, Louisville Field Division; and Chief Darin Allgood, Georgetown Police Department, jointly announced the sentence.”
