LITTLE ROCK—Tyler Ball will spend eight years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down on Thursday by Chief United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker.
On August 22, 2025, Ball pleaded guilty to a one-count Superseding Information charging him with possession of child pornography. Chief Judge Baker also sentenced Ball to five years supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
An investigation by the Arkansas State Police ultimately revealed that Ball took sexually explicit photos of a 10-year-old victim in or around 2015. Seven years after taking the photos, on January 27, 2022, Ball sent messages on Snapchat to the victim apologizing for “what went down back then,” when the victim was 10 years old. Ball messaged the victim, “I’m really sorry. I’m balling my eyes out. You mean so much to me and I’m very, very sorry.” After receiving these messages, the victim and the victim’s mother went to the police.
On February 1, 2022, Ball was interviewed by officers and stated that on the night he sent the Snapchat messages, he “blacked out” because he had consumed alcohol and did not have any memory of “anything that happened that night.” Officers then obtained a search warrant for Ball’s residence. During a search of the residence, officers located a cell phone in a safe. A subsequent search of the cell phone revealed 14 images of sexually explicit conduct involving the victim.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice and led by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Divisions Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), it 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. Parents are encouraged to always monitor your children’s online activity.
The investigation was conducted by the Arkansas State Police. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kristin Bryant.
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