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Escambia Man Gets 73 Years For Child Porn, Covert Meeting Plans
October 19, 2013
An Escambia County man was sentenced Friday to spend the next seven decades in prison on child porn and sex charges.
Alan Lynsdale Hamilton, 50, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Scott Duncan to a guideline sentence of 875.4 months state prison (73 years) for 63 counts of possession of child pornography, three counts of video voyeurism, traveling to meet a minor for sexual purposes, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
The cases against Hamilton originated with a citizen complaint to Escambia County Computer Crimes Investigator Zack Ward. Ward posed as a 14-year old girl and contacted the defendant. Hamilton initiated sexually explicit conversations with the investigator and suggested a meeting, where he was arrested by Ward and Investigator Nicole Coxwell on May 4, 2012.
After being arrested, Hamiton admitted to possessing child pornography on his computer. After seizing the defendant’s computer, Ward initiated a forensic examination, leading to
63 child pornography charges. Ward also found several covertly taken videos of a 14-year old girl using the restroom and taking showers.
Ward also discovered a video of a different 13-year old girl and her mother on Hamilton’s computer.
In April, Hamilton was convicted at a judge trial of traveling to meet a minor and unlawful use of a two way communication device, and subsequently pled to the remaining charges in July.
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3 Responses to “Escambia Man Gets 73 Years For Child Porn, Covert Meeting Plans”
I think that only a tip of the iceberg, however every journey starts with a single step. Let’s support more alert Deputies like these to put the garbage in the garbage can.
Great job Zack and Nichole!! Awesome work as always.
Sick people in this world!!! Let’s go back to stoning these sick people to death like the old days!! There would be less crime!