Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict Against Hardin County Man for Multiple Child Exploitation Offenses

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Jackson, TN – A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against Christopher Peyton Stricklin, 19, of Savannah, Tennessee, for committing three sexual exploitation offenses against a minor in August 2025.  United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the verdict today.Evidence presented in court established that Stricklin used a cell phone to videotape himself sexually molesting a minor female and then sent the video to another minor on the same cell phone.  Stricklin was charged in a three-count indictment with production and distribution of child pornography, and with transferring obscene material to a person under…