A former member of the U.S. Navy, and a Windsor native, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for distributing pornography of children between 4 and 10 years old, according to the United States Attorney.
Jonathan Rhoades, 32, pleaded guilty in January to one count of distribution of child pornography and was sentenced on Tuesday, according to federal officials.
The investigation began in December 2014 when a member of the Connecticut State Police’s Computer Crimes squad who was working undercover gained access to what police called a peer-to-peer file sharing network and downloaded six sexually explicit videos of minors.
Federal officials said the Internet Protocol address led them to Rhoades’ Windsor home, where officers seized a desktop computer, laptop computer and other items, which revealed at least 1,533 images and 49 videos of child pornography, most of which included children under 5 years old, federal officials said.
Officials said they also found girls' underwear, a training bra and sex dolls that looked like young girls.
Rhoades has been detained since March 18, 2015 and pleaded guilty on Jan. 3 he pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography.
In 2005, Rhoades, who was serving in the U.S. Navy in Jacksonville, Florida, was convicted through a Special Court Martial in connection with his receipt of 98 images of child pornography, according to federal officials, and sentenced to 12 months in prison. He also received a “bad conduct” discharge from the military.
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Rhoades was sentenced Tuesday to 9 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
