Judge Sentences Daphne Man to More Than 24 years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Child
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
April 29, 2026
MOBILE, Ala. A Daphne man arrested after a cyber tip in December 2023 has now been sentenced to serve more than 24 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a teenage girl.
Forrest Christopher Sanford, 26, pleaded guilty in January to transportation of a minor for sex.
After his prison term, he will be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for 15 years and will have to register as a sex offender.
According to court documents, the cyber tip led law enforcement to online activity and Sanford boasted of obtaining sexual images of a 16-year-old through Snapchat, according to his written plea agreement.
Sanford also confessed that he chatted with minors and posed as a minor to obtain nude photos, according to his written plea agreement. He also admitted to a physical relationship with a 14-year-old Mississippi girl that lasted seven months in 2021.
The plea document also states that Sanford brought the girl to his parents’ home in Alabama. When they went out for errands, he would sexually abuse her there, according to the plea document.
According to the plea document, Sanford would drive to the girl’s home and sexually abuse her after sneaking into her bedroom window. He also would have sex with the girl in the parking lot of a sporting goods store in D’Iberville and the parking lot of a restaurant, the plea agreement states.
Authorities say that Sanford was a predator and victimized underaged girls online.
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