COVINGTON, Ky. — Kerry M. Kennedy, 30, of Florence,
Kentucky, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in federal prison, by United
States District Judge David Bunning, for Transportation of Child Pornography.
Kennedy previously admitted that, in July 2018, he posted
approximately 88 videos depicting sexually explicit images of children to his
online Dropbox account. Law enforcement
found hundreds more images of child pornography after executing search warrants
on this same account. In his guilty
plea, Kennedy also admitted that he used messaging applications such as “Kik”
and “Chat Now!” to get and share child pornography with others. He confirmed that when he downloaded files
from these applications, they would automatically upload to his Dropbox
account.
Under federal law, Kennedy must serve 85 percent of his
prison sentence; and upon his release, he will be under the supervision of the
United States Probation Office for a term of 15 years.
Robert M. Duncan, Jr., United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Kentucky, and James Robert Brown, Jr., Special Agent in
Charge of the FBI jointly made the announcement.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The United States was
represented by Assistant United States Attorney Wade T. Napier.
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