United States of America v. Bryan Douglas Conley

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting a minor for criminal sexual activity, kidnapping, bank fraud, identity theft, and interstate threats.



Bryan Conley created fake dating profiles to lure and trick two female victims: a minor (A.Y.) and an adult (R.W.). Using the dating platform PlentyofFish.com, Conley created profiles posing as a young, wealthy member of the "De Beers” family.



He first connected with the seventeen-year-old A.Y. in November 2018. Claiming to be "Bryant De Beers,” Conley offered A.Y. money for sex. A.Y. agreed, and "Bryant” sent a "driver”—who was actually Conley—to take her from Ohio to Tennessee where she would meet "Bryant.” Along the way, Conley continued to message A.Y. as "Bryant.” A.Y. and the "driver” stopped to spend the night at a motel in LaGrange, Kentucky. "Bryant” then texted A.Y. that he would pay her more money if she had sex with the "driver.” A.Y. did so. The next day, "Bryant” instructed A.Y. to find another man to have sex with. In exchange for the promise of more money from "Bryant,” A.Y. had sex with another man in Jackson, Tennessee, while the "driver” watched and recorded the encounter.



The "driver” and A.Y. continued traveling. A.Y. began to feel drowsy and suspected the "driver” had slipped something into her drink. When A.Y. eventually asked to go home, the "driver” (i.e., Conley) abandoned her at a gas station in Texas, taking her purse and phone.



Two months later, Conley connected with R.W, a woman suffering from mental illness. Claiming to be "Lance De Beers,” Conley offered to help R.W. with a modeling career. Posing as Lance's "agent,” Conley met with R.W. several times. The "agent” took nude photos of R.W., and after he suggested she prepare for pornographic modeling, the "agent” convinced R.W. to perform sex acts on him as an "audition.”



After another meeting, the "agent” took R.W.'s wallet, which contained her social security card and credit card. He then used her credit card and, with her social security number, attempted to access her bank account. On another occasion, the "agent” instructed R.W. to get into the back seat of his car and gave her a drink that caused her to fall asleep. When she woke up, the "agent” photographed R.W. bound and gagged, sent the photo to her parents, threatened to harm R.W., and demanded a ransom. Officers ultimately arrested the "agent” (i.e., Conley) after observing him

pick up the ransom in a controlled operation.

The defendant was found guilty.



Affirmed