Eastern District of Virginia | Bealeton woman sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexual exploitation of two children

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Bealeton woman was sentenced yesterday to 40 years in prison, followed by life parole, for sexual exploitation of children.

According to court documents, in 2023 and 2024, Anna Grace Layher, 27, produced sexually explicit videos and images of two children, ages 6 and 3, both of whom were family members. Layher sent the videos to her boyfriend, Davey Jonathan Sisk, 29, of Culpeper, Virginia.

Layher pleaded guilty on May 2 to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Sisk pleaded guilty on July 9 to attempted sexual exploitation of a child and receiving child pornography. Sisk is expected to be sentenced on Oct. 21.

Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Derek W. Gordon, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, DC, made the announcement after they were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles.

Assistant District Attorneys Alessandra Serano and Christina Schiciano prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children online, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.justice.gov/psc.

A copy of this press release can be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:24-cr-52.