JACKSONVILLE, Fla - A sex offender from Yulee has pleaded guilty on federal child porn charges.
Mickey Wayne Brazzell, 56, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Brazzell faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, up to a maximum of 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and a potential life term of supervised release. He is also required to forfeit his computer media. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to court documents, Brazzell has a prior conviction for a sexual offense against minor children. He was convicted in state court in Jacksonville on November 6, 2000, of lewd and lascivious conduct.
In June 2010, investigators made contact with Brazzell at his apartment in Yulee. Brazzell admitted to investigators that he had received several images of boys between 12 and 13 years of age "having sex on each other." Based upon this, and other admissions, investigators seized Brazzell's laptop computer.
In November 23, 2010, Brazzell was arrested at his home in Yulee. Brazzell said he was given a computer by a friend, shortly after his other computer was seized, and that he had pornography on the new computer. Agents seized a second desktop computer and other computer media. Approximately 900 images were recovered from Brazzell's two computers, compact disks and external thumb drive. At least 191 of the images depicted minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
