Palmetto man sentenced to 60 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material

PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) – Christopher Lee Thompson of Palmetto has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse materials.

The court also ordered Thompson to forfeit two mobile phones, an external hard drive, a box of DVDs and a 128GB micro SD card, which are attributable to the proceeds of the crime.

According to court documents, law enforcement was investigating Thompson based on allegations made against him of sexually abusing a five-year-old child. After obtaining and executing a search warrant for a residence, law enforcement discovered that Thompson possessed nearly 20,000 child sexual abuse images and had produced his own child sexual abuse material involving several different victims, all of whom were 13 years old or younger.

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