A Herndon man will spend eight years in prison after admitting to traveling into D.C. with plans to sexually abuse a 6-year-old child who didn’t actually exist.
Timothy Brockerman, 35, pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2025 to traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and was sentenced on March 11 by U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss to 96 months in prison on top of 20 years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced.
“Timothy Brockerman drove across state lines to the District intending to sexually abuse a 6-year-old child. He didn’t fantasize, he acted,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a press release. “This office, along with our law enforcement partners, will prosecute anyone who intends to harm a child and bring the full force of justice against them.”
Brockerman reached out in April 2025 to another user in the mobile messaging app Kik who he believed was the father of a 6-year-old girl but was actually an FBI agent working undercover as part of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and FBI’s joint Child Exploitation Task Force, according to court documents.
In a private online chat, Brockerman indicated that he was interested in meeting the supposed father at his home “for purposes of engaging in sexual activity with the [undercover agent’s] purported daughter,” an MPD officer assigned to the task force said in an affidavit.
Brockerman arranged to meet the agent at a location in the 500 block of H Street NW in D.C. on April 29, 2025. When he arrived, he was arrested by the FBI and MPD, who had obtained his identity and residential address after issuing a subpoena to T-Mobile for the identity of Kik account user.
According to court documents, Brockerman admitted to his plans during a police interview. Law enforcement investigators also found images, videos, social media chats and texts on his phone that showed or discussed child sexual abuse.
He was indicted on the federal charge in May 2025 before entering a guilty plea in September.
“The defendant’s online interactions with the [FBI agent] and others and his decision to drive to the District of Columbia to sexually abuse a six-year-old demonstrate that he is a danger to children both online and in the physical world,” federal prosecutors said in a Jan. 13 memo arguing for a sentence of 120 months in prison and a lifetime of supervision.
A defense attorney representing Brockerman had requested a sentence of 36 months or three years in prison with 60 months of supervised release, pointing to the absence of an actual child victim in this case and an offer by his client to cooperate with law enforcement to catch online predators, among other considerations.
“While this offer was ultimately not utilized by the government, it speaks volumes about his sincere desire to atone for his actions and contribute positively,” Brockerman’s attorney said.
The offense Brockerman pleaded guilty to carries a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, with supervised release required for at least five years.
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