A former top Democrat Party official in Virginia has been charged federally with the distribution of child pornography, according to newly unsealed court documents filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Randon Alexander Sprinkle, a former finance chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party and former treasurer for the Metro Richmond Area Young Democrats, is accused in a criminal complaint of possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including videos involving infants and very young children.
The criminal complaint, obtained by National Review, was filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and sworn out by an FBI special agent assigned to the Richmond Field Office’s Child Exploitation Task Force.
SCOOP: A federal criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was filed and signed by a magistrate judge charging Randon Sprinkle, former finance chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party, on distribution of child pornography
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According to the filing, FBI Richmond executed a federal search warrant on October 16, 2025, at Sprinkle’s residence in Richmond, Virginia. Federal agents seized multiple electronic devices, including an iPhone and laptop computers.
The affiant states that, following forensic extraction and review, investigators identified multiple archived files constituting child pornography, including videos and images involving minors.
The complaint further alleges that at least one video recovered depicts sexual abuse of an infant, a detail explicitly cited in the court record to establish probable cause.
The case stems from an FBI undercover operation conducted in May 2025, in which a task force officer operating online allegedly engaged with a user later identified as Sprinkle on a dating application and subsequently on Telegram.
Court documents allege that the account linked to Sprinkle shared explicit child sexual abuse material and expressed interest in the exploitation of minors.
The complaint states that investigators later linked Sprinkle’s online identities to his personal devices, phone number, email address, and IP address, tying the communications directly to him.
Subscriber records from Google, AT&T, Verizon, and the dating application reportedly corroborated the FBI’s findings, according to the filing.
Sprinkle is charged with Distribution of Child Pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A). The affidavit concludes that there is probable cause to support the charge.
At this stage, the filing represents allegations, and Sprinkle is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
Internet archives and public records show that Sprinkle held senior financial roles within Democratic Party organizations in Virginia, including overseeing fundraising operations.
Here are committees reported making payments to Sprinkle for campaign services, per VPAPhttps://t.co/dDwBkWkgN1
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Per source, Randon Sprinkle was elected to the Metro Richmond Young Democrats executive board this year as treasurer. They scrubbed him from the site, but here is the Internet Archive link:https://t.co/H4UId3yoZe
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The FBI affidavit confirms that 68 files were extracted during a forensic sweep of Sprinkle’s electronic devices, some with disturbing titles. Legal expert Ed Riley said the investigation may have uncovered evidence of distribution through peer-to-peer networks where individuals exchange illegal video files and images.
If convicted on the single charge of distribution of child pornography, Sprinkle faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison, with potential sentencing up to 20 years.
“If they find the images and they can connect you to the images, you’re not dealing with the merits of the case anymore. You’re dealing with the resolution that it’s going to be,” Riley said.
Sprinkle is currently being held at the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw.
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