Florence man pleads guilty in sexting case

A Florence man admitted to persuading a minor to send him nude photos by text message.

Verlin Brett Bailey, 33, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography in federal court in Covington Tuesday. It's the first federal case in the Eastern District of Kentucky where sexting resulted in a child pornography conviction.

Bailey told the judge he sent the 14-year-old sexually graphic text messages, including pictures of himself, and told the victim to send pictures back to him.

Bailey will be sentenced in October and faces 15 years to life in prison. If he gets out of prison, he will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.