An Elk Grove man has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography and to possessing sexually explicit images of minors that he received via the Internet.
According to court documents, the case against Bradley Dayley, 40, began in 2009 when authorities from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children advised Elk Grove police that they had obtained images of a girl 10 to 12 years of age who they believed was being sexually molested in or around Elk Grove. The images had been transmitted via the Internet and intercepted in Europe. In the background of one of the images was a garbage can that featured the seal of the city of Elk Grove.
Through extensive investigation, Elk Grove police identified the girl, according to a federal Department of Justice news release.
On Sept. 23, 2009, detectives searched Dayley's residence and seized his computer equipment. Hundreds of sexually explicit still and video depictions of the girl were found, showing her between the ages of 7 and 12. The background in the images and videos revealed that they had been taken at Daley's residence, officials said.
Dayley admitted that the girl would visit him and that he had taken naked pictures of her. He also admitted to performing sex acts on her and video recording each incident.
Police found evidence of the video recordings on the computer hard drive and other electronic storage media seized from the residence. Officials said Dayleys' computer hard drive also contained thousands of sexually explicit images and videos of other children.
Dayley has already pleaded guilty to state charges filed by the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, alleging multiple counts of oral copulation of a minor under the age of 10 and multiple counts of lewd acts with a child, according to the news release.
Sentencing on the federal charges is scheduled for Jan. 6.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the Department of Justice to combat child exploitation and abuse.
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