Naples man sentenced for producing child porn

A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing images and videos depicting the abuse of a child.

Jeffrey Holcombe will also have to serve 25 years of supervised release and he will have to register as a sex offender. This sentence will run concurrent to the remaining terms of imprisonment imposed by a U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale.

            According to court documents, between at least July 18, 2020, continuing through March 3, 2021, Holcombe produced images and videos of his sexual abuse of a minor, the Department of Justice said in a release.

On April 3, 2021, while FBI agents were assisting other agents from the Southern District of Florida in executing a warrant for Holcombe on an unrelated charge, law enforcement stopped Holcombe in his vehicle in Naples and observed a cellphone on the vehicle’s passenger seat. The vehicle was impounded, along with its contents, including Holcombe’s cellphone. On the same date, agents went to Holcombe’s home and discovered a minor residing there. Further investigation revealed that Holcombe had been sexually abusing the minor, and that he often photographed, or video recorded his sexual abuse of the minor at his home and at various hotels. 

            On April 5, 2021, agents executed a federal search warrant on Holcombe’s vehicle and cellphone. A forensic analysis of the cellphone revealed 26 images and 16 videos depicting the minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The minor was between the ages of 16 to 17 at the time of the sexual offenses. Another search warrant for Holcombe’s and the minor’s Snapchat accounts revealed sexually explicit videos depicting Holcombe with the minor.