Overview
- A federal judge sentenced Randon Alexander Sprinkle to 10 years in prison after his March conviction for distributing child sexual abuse material, with the judgment announced in early September 2026.
- Court filings and prosecutors say an undercover FBI agent posing as the parent of a child exchanged messages with Sprinkle on a dating app in May 2025 and that Sprinkle shared a video depicting adults sexually abusing a minor.
- The FBI searched Sprinkle’s Richmond home in October 2025 and seized two laptops and a cellphone, with the Justice Department reporting 43 CSAM files on the phone and additional files on a laptop, some described as depicting toddler victims.
- Reporting notes Sprinkle’s prior roles with Virginia Democratic groups and his work as an LGBTQ activist, and social‑media images from the sentencing showing a T‑shirt he wore have driven partisan attention to the case.
- The Department of Justice said the prosecution was handled under Project Safe Childhood, an initiative that coordinates federal child exploitation investigations and prosecutions, and the 10‑year sentence falls in the statutory range of five to 20 years.