A 41-year-old Fort Myers man will spend more than a decade in federal prison after authorities uncovered a massive collection of illicit material on his personal devices. U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell sentenced John James Adducci to 12 years in federal prison for possessing, accessing, and receiving images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
The sentencing, announced Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe, follows Adducci’s guilty plea entered on December 1, 2025. In addition to his prison term, Adducci was sentenced to a life term of supervised release and is required to register as a sex offender.
Court records detail a pattern of behavior spanning from February 2023 to June 2025. During this time, Adducci searched for and downloaded child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the standard internet and navigated the dark web to find specialized sites.
On December 13, 2023, Adducci received such material from a dark web source.
The investigation reached a turning point in June 2025 when FBI agents executed a search warrant at Adducci’s residence. During the raid, investigators seized an array of electronics, including cellphones, laptops, USB drives, and multiple external hard drives.
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Adducci told agents at the scene that he lived alone and held exclusive access to all the devices in the home. He further admitted to accessing the dark web. A subsequent forensic analysis by the FBI confirmed the presence of thousands of prohibited images and videos.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Fort Myers Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force led the investigation with assistance from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Yolande G. Viacava handled the prosecution.
This conviction is part of Project Safe Childhood, a Department of Justice initiative created in 2006 to coordinate federal, state, and local resources against child exploitation.
The program focuses on the apprehension of offenders and the rescue of victims through the combined efforts of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.
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