Mobile Man Convicted of Child Pornography Charges
| U.S. Attorney’s Office July 19, 2011 |
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama Kenyen R. Brown announces that Nathan Allen Railey, 31, of Mobile, was convicted today by a federal jury in Mobile for production and possession of child pornography. Following a four-day trial and two hours of deliberation, the jury convicted Railey of three counts of production of child pornography, one count of attempted production of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
United States District Judge Callie V. S. Granade set Railey’s sentencing for October 26, 2011. Production of child pornography and attempted production of child pornography are punishable by imprisonment of 15 to 30 years and a $250,000 fine. Possession of child pornography is punishable by imprisonment of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
The Mobile Police Department, the Child Advocacy Center, the Foley Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation and presented the case for prosecution to the United States Attorney’s Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Sean P. Costello and Maria E. Murphy handled the prosecution of the case on behalf of the United States.