Fort Myers man sentenced to 6 years for possessing child porn

Writer: Derrick Shaw
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Jeffrey Alan Dinkel (Credit: LCSO booking photo)

A 73-year-old Fort Myers man was sentenced Wednesday to six years and six months in federal prison for possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.

Jeffrey Alan Dinkel pleaded guilty on May 20, 2019.

According to court documents, Dinkel purchased a membership to several child pornography websites. During the execution of a search warrant at his residence, agents recovered his computer and floppy disks containing images and videos depicting children being sexually abused. Dinkel admitted to the agents that he had joined numerous websites that hosted images and videos of children being forced to perform sexual acts.

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