{"id":131321,"date":"2026-01-25T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/131321\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:17:07","slug":"jacksonville-man-faces-10-felony-counts-for-distributing-child-abuse-material-via-kik-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/131321\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville man faces 10 felony counts for distributing child abuse material via Kik app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Onslow County man is being held without bond after investigators say he distributed child sexual abuse material through an online messaging platform.<\/p>\n<p>According to arrest warrants, the Onslow County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested Brandon Nelson, 40, of Jacksonville, on Jan. 23. Nelson is charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.<\/p>\n<p>Warrants allege the offenses occurred in August 2024 and involved the use of the Kik messaging app. Investigators say Nelson knowingly shared multiple files that allegedly depicted minors engaged in sexual activity. The material described in the warrants reportedly involved female victims ranging in age from toddlers to early teens.<\/p>\n<p>Charging documents state investigators believe Nelson was aware of the nature and content of the material at the time it was distributed.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson remains incarcerated at the Onslow County Detention Center without bond. His first court appearance is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Onslow County man is being held without bond after investigators say he distributed child sexual abuse material&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-131321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}