Former HSI Agent Sentenced to 7 Years for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material
Federal agencies said the sentence holds a law-enforcement officer to account after evidence tied hotel bookings, a government email, dating-app contact to a 17-year-old.
Overview
- Timothy Ryan Gregg, 53, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to producing and transporting child sexual abuse material.
- Prosecutors say Gregg met the 17-year-old on the Tinder app, took photos and videos of sexual encounters in November, and sent the material to the victim before her father found it on her phone.
- Court documents say Gregg was a Homeland Security Investigations special agent and an FBI task force officer when the conduct occurred and used a government-issued email to book hotel rooms where meetings took place.
- Authorities moved quickly in the case, obtaining an arrest warrant the day before Gregg was due to join a federal operation, and federal prosecutors said the sentence enforces accountability for crimes against children.
- ICE and FBI leaders publicly condemned Gregg’s conduct and officials pointed victims and families to support resources such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and local sexual-assault centers while the case draws scrutiny for law-enforcement oversight and trust.