MIAMI – A West Palm Beach man has been sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for selling more than 200 videos depicting child sexual abuse.
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon imposed the sentence on Kenneth Wayne Brown III, 21, after he pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography.
“Kenneth Brown turned the sexual abuse of innocent children into a business, putting a price tag on some of the most horrific crimes imaginable. Every video represents the exploitation of a real child, and every sale perpetuates that abuse. He will now spend nearly 20 years in federal prison. Let this sentence send a clear message: if you exploit children, traffic in their abuse, or profit from their suffering, our prosecutors and law enforcement partners will find you and bring you to justice,” said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern district of Florida.
According to court records, in November 2025, Brown used an online mobile messaging application to communicate with an individual he believed was interested in buying child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Brown provided the individual with a price sheet and sent a sample from his CSAM collection, which depicted a pre-pubescent child engaged in a forced sexual act. Brown then accepted $30 in exchange for more than 200 videos of CSAM.
U.S. Attorney Reding Quiñones and Special Agent in Charge Brett D. Skiles of the FBI Miami Field Office made the announcement.
FBI Miami investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Katie Wilson prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.justice.gov/psc .
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov , under case number 25-cr-80208.
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Southern District of Florida — U.S. Department of Justice press release.