Escambia Man Pleads Guility To Distributing Child Porn

May 30, 2015

An Escambia County man pled guilty this week to receipt and distribution of child pornography.

During his plea, 35-year old Kandel Markie Whiting admitted that between October 2014 and January 2015, he used the social media applications Twitter and Kik to share images of minors engaged in sex acts.  In January 2015, Whiting’s Twitter account was reported to law enforcement for containing images of child pornography.  When agents executed a federal search warrant at Whiting’s residence and seized his cellular phone, they quickly located the illicit material within his social media applications.  Whiting then admitted to sharing child pornography online using Twitter and Kik.

Additionally, a forensic review of Whiting’s digital media revealed numerous child pornographic images and videos.

Sentencing is scheduled for August 17 before Chief United States District Judge M. Casey  Rodgers at the United States Courthouse in Pensacola, Florida.  Whiting faces a mandatory minimum of 5 years in prison and maximums of 20 years in prison, life on supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.

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