NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Newport News man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for receipt of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
According to court documents, William Thomas Alley, 41, used Kik and Telegram applications to chat with other users about CSAM and solicited CSAM online.
In December 2025, the FBI searched Alley’s place of employment, where he was living at the time, and seized seven electronic devices. On those devices, Alley possessed 398 images of CSAM, including images of toddlers, bestiality, and bondage, and 58 video files of CSAM.
Theophani K. Stamos, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Dominique Evans, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office; and Steve R. Drew, Chief of Newport News Police, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker. The Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children (SOVA ICAC) Task Force at Bedford County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter G. Osyf prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (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, please visit www.justice.gov/psc .
Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 4:26-cr-14.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Eastern District of Virginia — U.S. Department of Justice press release.