JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Green Cove Springs man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison in a child porn case.
James Donald Jacola, 54, was sentenced for receiving images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children over the Internet. he must also serve a 10-year term of supervised release, register as a sex offender, and forfeit his computer equipment.
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According to court documents and information disclosed in court, FBI agents began an online undercover investigation to identify individuals who were using a particular website to access images and videos depicting child pornography.
The agents determined that Jacola, using the pseudonym “mooncalf,” had accessed this website. On March 10, 2016, a search warrant was executed at Jacola’s residence and agents seized two computers. Forensic analyses of the computers revealed that they contained at least three videos and at least 784 images depicting child pornography. One of these videos depicted a toddler being molested; it had been downloaded and viewed twice by Jacola on the day before the agents executed the search warrant.
It is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.