SEX CRIME HAPPENED IN APRIL 2024, SUSPECT NOT INDICTED UNTIL SUMMER OF 2025
DECEMBER 23, 2025 – written by WADE QUEEN

A VERY DIRTY WHITE BOY: BRYAN AUSTIN CANTRELL, 30, OF STEELE, KENTUCKY.
A Pike County, Kentucky man was arrested after being indicted on a non-forcible rape charge in Floyd County, KY.
Bryan Austin Cantrell, 30, of Steele, KY., was indicted a grand jury back in August 2025 on one count of second-degree rape. He was not arrested until late on Monday, December 22, by the Kentucky State Police.
According to the indictment, Bryan Cantrell is accused of having sex in April of 2024 with a minor who was younger than 14 at the time.
If convicted, Bryan Cantrell faces a potential sentence of five (5) to ten (10) years in prison.
Bryan Cantrell is currently being held without bond in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville in Johnson County.











