GREAT FALLS, Mont. (NMB) – A Box Elder man and former Stone Child Assistant Basketball Coach that admitted to the statutory rape of a minor and recording the activity on his cell phone has been sentenced in U.S. District Court.
Christopher Brown, 32, was sentenced on Wednesday in Great Falls to 10 years in the Bureau of Prisons followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor and possessing child pornography.
“The defendant not only subjected this child to repeated sexual abuse for his own gratification, but he also filmed the act of exploiting the child for his own gratification. The sentence in this case should serve as a warning that those who traumatize our children will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme stated in a press release.
The prosecution said in court documents that from July 2018 to January 2020, Brown had sex with a minor girl on the Rocky Boy Reservation. On January 2nd, 2020, Brown video recorded himself having sex with the victim and kept that video on his cell phone. Brown began messaging the victim on social media when she was 11 years old.
In an interview with the FBI, Brown admitted he had been in a sexual relationship with the victim since 2018 and had had intercourse with her six times. Brown also admitted to making a video of a recent sexual encounter with the victim and that the video was on his cell phone.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Cobell prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the FBI and Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement Services.
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
Brown was dismissed from his position at Stone Child College the day after the charges were announced back in January.
