A soldier stationed at Fort Eustis has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor. Court documents state that Brady Beck Fant, 32, used social media to communicate in sexually explicit ways with underage girls. He received and sent sexually graphic images and videos involving the victims.
Fant was identified by the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) taskforce. Law enforcement seized his electronic devices, where investigators found child sexual abuse material.
The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division’s Washington Field Office led the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Devon E.A. Heath prosecuted the case.
An Other Than Honorable Discharge from the United States Army is pending for Fant.
The prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to address child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project coordinates federal, state, and local resources to prosecute offenders who exploit children online and to help rescue victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc.
Related court documents are available on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia or through PACER by searching Case No. 4:25-cr-58.
