Gulfport Woman Sentenced to 20 Years for Producing Child Pornography and Sexual Battery of a Minor Child

In Gulfport, a woman has been sentenced to 20 years for producing child pornography and sexual battery of a minor child, according to Mississippi State Attorney General Jim Hood’s office.

Twenty-two year old Anika Moore Bruner of Gulfport appeared before Harrison County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Schmidt back in late October, and entered an open plea of guilty to one count of child exploitation and once count of sexual battery.

On Monday, Judge Schmidt sentenced Bruner to serve 20 years on each count with the sentences running concurrently. Bruner was arrested in February of 2018 by investigators with the State Attorney General’s Crimes Against Children Task Force with assistance from the Gulfport Police Department.