Montgomery County Woman Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Facilitating the Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Manufacturing Child Pornography

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Tina Marie Farley, 49, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Joshua D. Wolson to 420 months in prison, 10 years of supervised released, and $3,000 in restitution for facilitating, permitting, and participating in the sexual abuse of a minor, and the manufacture of child pornography.

Farley was charged by indictment in December 2023 with those offenses and pleaded guilty in January of this year.

As detailed in court documents and admitted to by the defendant, beginning around October 2017 and over the course of approximately 18 months, Farley facilitated the sexual abuse of Minor 1 by Farley's boyfriend, including engaging in sexual contact with Minor 1, and filming and photographing the sexual abuse. At times, Farley was present for and even participated in the sexual abuse and filming/photographing of the abuse. Minor 1 was 12 to 13 years old at the time.

"This defendant badly betrayed a child who trusted her, and now must be held to account for that exploitation," said U.S. Attorney Metcalf. "Those who sexually abuse children cause lasting harm, an emotional toll that's unfathomable. My office and the FBI are working aggressively every day to find and prosecute child predators, to keep them from hurting more innocent victims."

"The exploitation of children is one of the most egregious crimes the FBI investigates," said Gabriel Poling, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of FBI Philadelphia. "Today's sentencing underscores the FBI and our partners' commitment to safeguarding children and ensuring that those who harm them will be brought to justice."

This case was brought 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 United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (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 projectsafechildhood.gov.

The case was investigated by the FBI, with the Conshohocken Police Department and the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Meghan Claiborne and Kelly Harrell.