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Perry sex offender arrested again for possessing child porn
SCUDDY, Ky. — A Perry County man who served no jail time after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse and possession of child porn in 2020 has been arrested for possession of child porn once again.
32-year-old Brandon Scott Sumner was arrested Thursday after KSP’s Electronic Crime Branch discovered sexually explicit images of juveniles being uploaded online.
Investigators executed a search warrant Thursday at a residence in Scuddy and seized electronic equipment believed to have been used in the offenses. The equipment was sent to the KSP Forensic Laboratory for examination.
Sumner is charged with 20 counts of possessing matter portraying a minor under the age of 12 in a sexual performance. Each charge is a Class C felony punishable by five to 10 years in prison.
Sumner was lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail. The investigation remains ongoing and police say additional charges may be filed, pending a forensic examination of electronic devices seized from his home.
In 2019, Sumner was arrested after a woman found her 7-year-old son in bed with Sumner with his pants off. The boy reported Sumner had touched him inappropriately every day for almost three weeks.
Sumner was later indicted on 19 counts of first-degree sexual abuse and 199 counts of possession of child porn. But in July of 2020, he pleaded guilty to one count of each charge while the other charges were dismissed. He was given five-year suspended sentence.
The investigation of the current case was conducted through the Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which includes more than 26 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
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Kentucky AG sues abortion advocacy group over ads promoting mail-order abortion medications
RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed a civil lawsuit against a New York-based abortion advocacy organization, accusing it of violating Kentucky’s Consumer Protection Act by advertising access to abortion medications that can be mailed into the state.
The lawsuit against Mayday Medicines, doing business as Mayday Health, was filed Thursday in Logan Circuit Court.
According to the complaint, Mayday placed advertisements at more than 80 Kentucky gas stations beginning in 2025. The ads read, “Pregnant? Don’t Want to Be? Learn more at Mayday.Health.” The complaint says at least one of the advertisements was displayed at a gas station in Logan County.
The Attorney General’s Office says Mayday’s website goes beyond providing information by directing Kentucky users to organizations that provide abortion pills by mail.
The complaint says users who select an option to be directed to abortion medications are connected with third-party providers that ship the drugs to all 50 states, including Kentucky. It also says Mayday lists the providers’ costs and delivery times and describes them as trusted partners.
Kentucky law prohibits abortion-inducing drugs from being distributed to pregnant women through the mail. The lawsuit argues that Mayday’s advertisements create the impression that the drugs can legally be delivered to Kentuckians and therefore constitute unfair, false, misleading or deceptive practices under the Consumer Protection Act.
The lawsuit also points to a Mayday advertisement flown over Louisville and the Kentucky State Fair on Aug. 28 and 29. The banner read, “ABORTION PILLS BY MAIL. Mayday.Health.” The complaint says Mayday Executive Director Leo Raisner acknowledged targeting the State Fair because of the large crowds.
Coleman says Kentucky will not tolerate the advertising campaign.
“These out of state activists are not only breaking Kentucky law, they seem to delight in rubbing our faces in it,” Coleman said. “The State Fair is a beloved Kentucky tradition for families and children to celebrate our Commonwealth. We refuse to allow Mayday to taint our values and put our people at risk.”
The Attorney General’s Office began investigating Mayday’s gas station advertisements in January, sending investigative demands to businesses that displayed the ads.
Mayday has previously defended the advertising campaign, saying it does not sell, distribute or package abortion pills. Raisner has described the organization’s activities as “First Amendment-protected free speech.”
Mayday’s founder, Liv Raisner, previously said the organization is intended to help people find information about abortion pills “safely, anonymously, and without judgment.”
The lawsuit asks a judge to permanently prohibit Mayday from continuing the alleged violations and to impose civil penalties of up to two-thousand dollars for each violation of the Consumer Protection Act. The state is also seeking attorneys’ fees and other relief.
The lawsuit contains allegations that have not been proven in court.
A copy of the attorney general’s complaint follows:
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