TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A Tallahassee man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for “distribution of child pornography and receipt of child pornography,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.
Richard Alan Spivey is also expected to receive a lifetime term of supervised release and could face an additional period of incarceration if he violates any of his supervision conditions, the attorney’s office wrote in a press release Monday.
The 62-year-old’s sentencing comes just three months after he pleaded guilty in November, when the attorney’s office revealed in a statement that Spivey had prior convictions relating to sexual abuse or sexual conduct involving a minor.
Spivey’s prison sentence is in relation to an investigation that revealed that in July 2024, Tallahassee Police received a Cybertip report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), per the press release.
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The report alleged that the 62-year-old “uploaded child pornography to a social media platform when sending it to another user as part of his chat messages,” the attorney’s office wrote.
Furthermore, the investigation also revealed that authorities obtained search warrants for Spivey’s social media account and cell phone, which then led to “the discovery of online communications between the defendant and others during which he received and distributed child pornography videos,” according to the release.
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