Fayetteville Man Sentenced To 10 Years in Federal Prison for the Online Enticement of a Minor

DOJ Press

FAYETTEVILLE – A Fayetteville man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Online Enticement of a Minor. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.

According to court documents, in July 2020, law enforcement in Texas were notified of a subject, later identified as Bart Thomas Stockland, age 33, who had been in contact with a minor via Snapchat and had been requesting nude images from the minor in exchange for money. Ultimately the case was referred to the Department of Homeland Security Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Further investigation revealed Stockland had obtained nude images constituting child pornography from the minor.

Stockland pled guilty to an information in June of 2022.

U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes of the Western District of Arkansas made the announcement.


The Abilene, Texas Police Department, Fayetteville, Arkansas Police Department and Department of Homeland Security Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated the case.


Assistant U.S. Attorney Carly Marshall prosecuted the case.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

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