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Marion Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Pornography

Jeffrey Alan Bradley, age 51, from Marion, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 8, 2024 guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography.

Evidence in this case demonstrated that Bradley received at least 7,086 images and 1,048 videos of child sexual abuse material.  These depictions of child sexual abuse material included prepubescent minors, children engaged in sexual acts with animals, sadistic and masochistic conduct, and infants or toddlers.  Bradley used sophisticated software to download these images, which he then organized into folders on his computer hard drive.  When Bradley was arrested, he resisted arrest by reaching for a loaded firearm he had stored in his pants, refusing to comply with law enforcement commands, and trying to pull away from officers.

Bradley was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Bradley was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment and was ordered to make $39,000 in restitution to the victims in the case.  He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.  Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/pscLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the “external link” icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link..  For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/pscLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the “external link” icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. and click on the tab “resources.”

Bradley is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.plLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the “external link” icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link..  The case file number is 24-CR-40. 

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Updated January 30, 2025

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Project Safe Childhood