Lehigh Acres Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Possessing Child Pornography

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced George Borroto (23, Lehigh Acres) to four years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty on February 25, 2015.

According to court documents, from at least July 8, 2014, through August 25, 2014, Borroto knowingly possessed child pornography. During the execution of a search warrant at his home on August 25, 2014, agents located and seized Borroto’s cellphone. A forensic examination of the phone subsequently revealed 88 images depicting child pornography, along with a messaging app that Borroto’s had downloaded and used for chatting with others and for receiving child pornography.

This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Yolande G. Viacava.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.  For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.