Jacksonville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

Alexander Charles Whitaker, 41, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and lifetime supervised release for possessing child sexual abuse material.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 8, 2026, 4:57 p.m. ET

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Alexander Charles Whitaker, 41, of Jacksonville, was on September 8, 2026, to 10 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida. Chief U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard imposed the sentence. Whitaker pleaded guilty on May 8, 2026. Court documents state that law enforcement received a cybertip about a social media user in Jacksonville who had uploaded CSAM. After obtaining a search warrant for the account, they identified it as belonging to Whitaker. A subsequent search of his home led to the seizure of his cellphone, which contained more than 100 images and videos of CSAM. At the time of the offense, Whitaker was on probation following a Florida state prison sentence for possession of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the sentence. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, and the Northeast Florida INTERCEPT Task Force, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Cannizzaro. The case was brought under Project Safe Childhood, a Department of Justice initiative launched in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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