Alabama man, former Blakely native faces 20 years for distributing child sexual abuse material

ALBANY, Ga. – An Alabama resident is facing up to 20 years in prison after he was caught by an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent distributing child sexual abuse material of young female children online while he was living in Southwest Georgia.

Bradley Love, 37, of Dothan, Alabama, and formerly of Blakely, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography before Chief U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner on Feb. 26. Love faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, followed by at least five years up to a maximum of lifetime supervised release and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing date will be determined by the Court. There is no parole in the federal system.

“This case demonstrates the strong collaboration between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to identify and apprehend child predators lurking online,” said U.S. Attorney William R “Will” Keyes. “We are committed to pursuing online child predators and seeking the maximum penalties available under the law.”

“Let this serve as a warning: Anyone who distributes child sexual abuse material will be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Georgia and Alabama Steven N. Schrank. “HSI’s undercover operations are designed to expose predators who target children online. We will not tolerate these crimes, and we will use every tool at our disposal to protect children and ensure offenders are removed from our communities.”

According to court documents and statements referenced in court, a HSI undercover agent joined a “teen chat” room on a website called “chat-avenue.com” on Dec. 7, 2023, and posted “Dad of 2 8yro and 10yro.” Soon after, the agent received a private message from an individual with a screenname of “Whiteranger,” who was Love.

During the undercover investigation, Love asked the agent about his daughters and if he had sexually abused them. Love then asked the undercover agent to move their conversation to the messaging platform, Kik. On Kik, Love sent the undercover agent a photo of male genitals and requested explicit photos of his daughters. Love also relayed he had child sexual abuse material of children he wanted to share, but that he didn’t want to be kicked off Kik for sharing CSAM, and requested to move that conversation to another platform, Session.

In Session, Love’s screenname was “Jackkfrost.” Love sent one photo of a naked prepubescent female child, one picture of two naked female children and a picture of a prepubescent female engaging in sexually explicit conduct to the undercover agent. HSI investigators located the defendant at his home address in Blakely, Georgia. On Sept. 5, 2024, HSI, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and the Early County Sheriff’s Office executed a federal search warrant at Love’s Blakely residence. Several electronic items belonging to Love were seized: one cell phone contained approximately 139 images depicting CSAM, and a second cell phone contained two images depicting CSAM. Love told investigators he was interested in minor children who were “toddler age” and confirmed that he sent and received CSAM on these platforms.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit this website.

For more information about HSI’s efforts to protect children from sexual predators, visit this website. To report suspicious activities, call 787-729-6969.

HSI investigated the case with assistance from the GBI and the Early County Sheriff’s Office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Monica Daniels is prosecuting the case for the Government.

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