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Orlando Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for CSAM Transportation

Douglas Cody Barron was sentenced on August 20, 2026, following a federal child sexual abuse material investigation.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 20, 2026, 11:52 a.m. ET
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On August 20, 2026, U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced that 56-year-old Orlando resident Douglas Cody Barron was to five years in federal prison for transportation of child sexual abuse material. According to official records from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, U.S. District Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe imposed the sentence and ordered Barron to forfeit a cellphone used in the offense. Barron had previously pleaded guilty on November 24, 2025. Official records show that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Orlando Police Department investigated the case after receiving a cyber-tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The investigation revealed that Barron used online reverse image search applications to locate child sexual abuse material and uploaded material online to find more. Law enforcement officials retrieved additional images containing CSAM from his phone. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Courtney D. Richardson-Jones and Michael Sartoian, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Andrejko handling the forfeiture. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide Department of Justice initiative launched in May 2006.

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