Jackson County Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography

LONDON, Ky. - A McKee, Ky., man, David Jason Parkey, 41, was sentenced on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, to 270 months in prison, for production of child pornography.

According to his plea agreement, on January 18, 2023, in a Facebook messenger conversation, Parkey exchanged a series of sexually explicit messages and images with a minor victim. In these messages, Parkey directed the victim to take sexually explicit photos, and then send them to him, via Facebook messenger.

Under federal law, Parkey 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 10 years.

Carlton S. Shier, IV, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Michael E. Stansbury, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, Louisville Field Office; and Col. Phillip J. Burnett, Jr., Commissioner of the Kentucky State Police, jointly announced the sentence.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI and Kentucky State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Blankenship is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

The U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuted this case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 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 Criminal Division's 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.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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