Burlington Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

COVINGTON, Ky. - A Burlington man, Derrick Becker, 51, was sentenced on Monday to 180 months by U.S. District Judge S. Chad Meredith for possession of child pornography.

On July 23, 2025, law enforcement conducted a search warrant on Becker's residence and seized his electronic storage devices. An examination of the devices revealed over 7,000 unique digital images and over 80 unique digital videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including depictions of minors engaged in bondage and in bestiality. Becker admitted that he knew the production of the images and videos on the storage devices involved the use of minors and that they were sent over the internet.

Becker had previously been convicted of possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in January 2017.

Under federal law, Becker 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 15 years.

Jason Parman, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Olivia Olson, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, Louisville Field Office; and Sheriff Les K. Hill, Boone County Sheriff's Office, jointly announced the sentence.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI and Boone County Sheriff's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Drew Spievack is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

This case was prosecuted 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. 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 https://www.projectsafechildhood.govLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link..

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