TBI nabs Kentucky fugitive in Bell Buckle

Jul 31, 2018 at 11:00 am by Voice Wire


An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest just over the Rutherford County line in Bell Buckle of a man accused of distributing child pornography.

On July 25, TBI agents were notified that a fugitive being sought by the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General was known to be in the Bedford County area.

Bradley Richmond had been identified as the subject of an online undercover child pornography case and had multiple warrants out of Kentucky after being indicted on 15 counts related to child pornography.

On Thursday, Bradley James Richmond, 23, was arrested, with the assistance of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office and federal law enforcement officers, and charged with Fugitive from Justice, stemming from the active warrants out of Kentucky.

He was booked into the Bedford County Jail and is expected to be extradited to Kentucky.

According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Richmond, who is originally from Orlinda, Tenn., was indicted in June by Franklin County, Ky., Circuit Court on multiple counts of using an electronic means to engage in child pornography and distribution of child pornography. Both are felonies and are punishable by one to five years in prison. 

 
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