A man arrested last year in Boone County was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Shakir Aswad Little, 30, of Fairfield, Oh., received his sentence from U.S. District Judge David Bunning.
As reported by LINK nky last year, Little engaged in online conversations with an undercover Boone County Sheriff’s deputy.
In those conversations, investigators said, Little solicited the undercover deputy to have a child or teenager present and then explicitly described the sexual acts that he wished to perform on the child.
The sheriff’s office said that Little responded to a prostitution ad, instigating the conversation on July 27, 2021.
During the course of the conversation, Little asked “is your daughter in there” and “where is she I want her to watch again,” investigators said.
Little then said that he was communicating with the wrong person and discontinued the conversation.
Little reached back out to the undercover deputy to ask the age of a daughter.
The undercover deputy responded that the daughter is 13 years old.
Little requested a child aged six or younger but agreed to meet the 13-year old for $20 at a predetermined location and time, the sheriff’s office said.
When Little arrived at the location, he went to a side door instead of the main entrance and sent a message that said “send your daughter.”
Shortly thereafter, deputies confronted Little and placed him under arrest.
Investigators found approximately 335 videos and images of pornographic materials involving minors on Little’s phone which he had transported from Ohio to Kentucky.
Little admitted that he knowingly transported these videos and images and knew that they contained minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky said in announcing the sentencing.
Little pleaded guilty to the charge in April.
Under federal law, Little must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for eight years.