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A 23-year-old Skamania County man appeared in U.S. District Court in Tacoma Monday, Sept. 28, on a federal indictment for possession of child sexual abuse materual after he used a computer program to turn public photos of minors into sexually explicit images, Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced in a news release.
Brady Bingham Hall will remain in custody pending future hearings.
“Like any other tool, artificial intelligence can be used to engage in criminal misconduct,” Floyd stated in the news release. “If you make a choice to generate AI images, you better be sure they don’t violate the law. In this case, sexually lascivious images of minors clearly crosses the line.”
According to the criminal complaint, Hall was arrested by Skamania County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Aug. 29, 2025. In his car, Hall had two firearms, ammunition and controlled substances. Police also seized Hall’s iPhone and obtained a warrant to review the phone’s contents.
A deputy reviewing the phone noted it contained images of many young people he recognized from the Skamania area. The phone contained screenshots from social media of some minors and then the same photos, but with the minors appearing nude.
Hall agreed to speak with investigators and said he had used a phone application that removed clothing from images, making the subject of the image appear nude. Hall had used this app on hundreds of images — some on images of children as young as 12 years old. At least one of the photos had the words “AI generated” across the photo.
“We want to commend the diligence of the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office in identifying the child pornography images which led to this charge,” Acting HSI Seattle Special Agent in Charge April Miller said in the release. “We will always work with our local, state and federal partners in our fight against the production of these materials and the protection of our children.”
The charges contained in the indictment are only allegations. A person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Hampton.
