Overview

• Alley Bardfield, 34, pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault of a child tied to overnight visits at her home.
• Prosecutors asked for a 40-year term, and the boy’s family denounced the outcome as too lenient.
• Investigators documented Snapchat exchanges and about $700 in CashApp transfers that supported grooming allegations.
• Police arranged a controlled contact and obtained a court-authorized wiretap, leading to her April 2024 arrest in Mt. Zion.
• The sentence includes credit for time served, a recommendation for mental health treatment, lifetime sex-offender registration, and a three-year-to-life supervised-release term.