Robert William Sanchez, 36, Port Charlotte, has been sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for producing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of a child.
Sanchez was also sentenced to a life term of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender. Sanchez pleaded guilty on June 22, 2022.
According to court documents, Sanchez produced images and videos of his sexual abuse of a minor. In November 2020, an investigation was launched after the minor reported that Sanchez had harmed her, and that Sanchez had taken pictures and videos of her sexual abuse.
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On December 11, 2020, officers executed a search warrant at Sanchez’s residence and located his digital camera. A forensic analysis of the camera revealed images and videos of Sanchez sexually abusing a 10-year-old child in May of 2018.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fort Myers Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, and the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.
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