Floyd County Man to Federal Prison for Child Pornography Offenses

A Floyd County man who distributed, received, and possessed child pornography has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.  

Evidence at court hearings in the case of 48-year-old Anthony Harden of Rockford showed that, in August 2025, law enforcement officers searched Harden’s home in Rockford. They seized four electronic devices that contained child pornography.  

Between May 2023 and July 2025, Harden received and possessed hundreds of images and videos of child pornography, including depictions of infants and sadistic and masochistic conduct.  He also distributed child pornography to undercover law enforcement computers. 

In February 2026, Harden pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography. On Friday (10.02), he was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams to 90 months in federal prison and ordered to make $3,000 in restitution to a victim in the case.  Harden must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after prison.  There is no parole in the federal system.

 Harden is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

 The case was investigated by the FBI and the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office.