Milton Man Sentenced to 210 Months for Federal Child Pornography Offenses

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Winston D. Foster, 40, of Milton, was sentenced today to 210 months in federal prison, after pleading guilty in April 2016 to production and distribution of child pornography.  The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

In January 2016, law enforcement agents became aware that Foster was communicating via Facebook with a 12-year-old child.  These communications included Foster requesting the child perform and photograph sexually explicit acts and then send him the images.  Foster also sent many sexually explicit images of himself to the child.  In February 2016, a search warrant was executed at Foster’s residence, and agents seized his computers and cellular telephone.  A forensic review of Foster’s electronic media revealed approximately 46 images of child pornography, of which approximately 33 were of the victim.

The case was investigated by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Walton County Sheriff’s Office, and the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey M. Tharp.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General.  To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida website.  For more information about the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.

For more information, contact:
Amy Alexander, Public Information Officer
(850) 216-3854, amy.alexander@usdoj.gov