LITTLE ROCK — Zachary Bradley will spend 35 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, transfer of obscene materials to a minor, and attempted sex trafficking of a minor. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down on Thursday, June 20, 2024, by Chief United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker.
On approximately October 6, 2021, the minor victim’s stepfather made a report to the Beebe Police Department that the minor victim was raped by Bradley. An investigation revealed that Bradley provided the minor victim with marijuana and alcohol and that he passed out. Once the minor victim woke up, Bradley was performing sexual acts on him. Bradley told the minor victim that if he would continue to engage in sex acts with him, he would give him an allowance.
The investigation further revealed that Bradley had multiple videos on his phone that contained child pornography of another minor, believed to be approximately 13 years old. Another video located on Bradley’s phone was a FaceTime conversation between Bradley and the minor. The video depicted a display of the minor’s genitals to Bradley during the conversation. An additional video from a FaceTime conversation depicted Bradley with his shorts pulled down to reveal his genitals to the minor.
On December 8, 2021, Bradley, 33, of Beebe, was indicted by a federal grand jury on seven counts: Counts One, Two, Four, Five, and Six: production of child pornography, Count Three: transfer of obscene material to a minor, and Count Seven: attempted sex trafficking of a minor. On July 27, 2023, Bradley, pleaded guilty to all seven counts in the Indictment.
