An Oak Ridge man was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in federal prison following an undercover investigation into the distribution of child pornography online.

Travis O’Neil Todd, 48, received a 324-month prison sentence from U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan in Knoxville. Upon his release, Todd will face lifetime supervised release, strict sex offender conditions, and mandatory registration with state sex offender registries.

The sentencing follows a plea agreement in which Todd pleaded guilty to:

• One count of distribution of child pornography.

• One count of possession and access with intent to view child pornography.

According to court documents, the case began during an undercover operation by Homeland Security Investigations-Internet Crimes Against Children (HSI-ICAC) based in Detroit. An undercover agent investigating child exploitation on the messaging app KiK was contacted by a user operating under the pseudonym “Loudnhard,” later identified as Todd.

Todd shared multiple illicit images of minors with the agent on KiK before moving the conversation to the Wire application, where he transmitted further sexually explicit material involving teenagers and a toddler.

Federal subscriber data linked the accounts directly to Todd’s residence in Oak Ridge. HSI, alongside the Knoxville Police Department, subsequently executed a search warrant at his home. A forensic examination of Todd’s phone uncovered 26 videos and five images of child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III of the Eastern District of Tennessee announced the sentencing today. The multi-agency investigation was led by HSI-ICAC Task Force Officer Tom Evans, with assistance from the Knoxville Police Department and the Oak Ridge Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Kolman prosecuted the case.

This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide Department of Justice initiative launched in 2006. The program coordinates federal, state, and local law enforcement resources to locate and prosecute exploiters while identifying and rescuing victims.