A child predator has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in federal prison.
George M. Brock Jr., 49, of Georgetown, was sentenced to 348 months (29 years) in prison after being found guilty of producing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Under federal law, Brock must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence.
In 2016, law enforcement received reports that an adult male, later identified as Brock, used a social media application, MeetMe, to lure underage victims into nude modeling. He was convicted in 2018 of use of an electronic communication system to procure a minor, prosecutors said.
When he was released from prison in July 2019, Kentucky law subjected Brock to sex offender supervision and registration requirements for five years.
According to his plea agreement, on January 11, 2023, while still subject to sex offender registration requirements, Brock used Skype to begin communications with a juvenile victim.
“Brock directed the minor to capture sexually explicit images of themselves. The victim complied with Brock’s requests and Skype records also revealed similar conversations with multiple other minors. Brock shared with his friend many of the sexually explicit images that he obtained from the minor victims via the internet,” according to prosecutors.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI and Georgetown Police Department with assistance from the Kentucky Division of Probation and Parole.
He’s being held in the Grayson County Detention Center while he awaits his federal prison assignment.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
