Brian Warner of Adams, Massachusetts was sentenced on Feb. 26 to 28 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children and producing child sexual abuse material. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni also ordered Warner to serve seven years of supervised release after his prison term, with restitution to be determined at a hearing scheduled for June 11, 2026.
Warner, age 38, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to one count of sexual exploitation of children and has been held in federal custody since his arrest in May 2024.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Warner abused a child over a six-year period for the purpose of creating visual depictions of the abuse. Investigators found hundreds of images of child sexual abuse material on Warner’s devices, including images involving a child known to him.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Michael Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England announced the sentencing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Merck prosecuted the case from the Springfield Office.
The prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse by coordinating federal, state, and local resources to apprehend offenders and rescue victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood is available at https://www.justice.gov/psc.