FAYETTEVILLE — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Arkansas, Western), published as received.

FAYETTEVILLE – A former teacher and coach from a Rogers Middle School was sentenced on May 13, 2026, to 375 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole to be followed by twenty-five years supervised release for the offenses of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Online Coercion and Enticement of Minors. The Honorable Chief Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing, which was held in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.

According to court documents, Bradley Quillen, age 31, utilizing the false online persona of a teenage boy contacted multiple minor females via social media and coerced them to produce and send him sexually explicit images. In April of 2024, the Waukesha County, Wisconsin Sheriff’s Office contacted the Benton County Sheriff’s Office after they identified Quillen as a target responsible for the coercion and enticement of two minor children, ages 8 and 12. Thereafter, the Benton County Sheriff’ Office, in conjunction with the FBI, obtained and executed a residential search warrant at Quillen’s home. A forensic review of Quillen’s electronic devices and social media profiles revealed that Quillen had been using Snapchat and Instagram to contact and exploit multiple minor girls.

At sentencing, the United States presented the Court with evidence and argument that Quillen engaged in a protracted scheme to utilize a fictitious underage social media profile in order to target, groom, and sexually exploit hundreds of minor females in Northwest Arkansas schools and across the United States.

Quillen was indicted by a Grand Jury in the Western District of Arkansas in January of 2025 and entered a plea of guilty in November of 2025.   

U.S. Attorney Kimberly D. Harris of the Western District of Arkansas made the announcement.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, and the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tyler Williams prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

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.

Related court documents may be found on the Public Access to Electronic Records website at www.pacer.gov.