{"id":222518,"date":"2026-04-07T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222518\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:16:09","slug":"snapchat-child-sexual-abuse-case-leads-to-22-year-prison-sentence-for-florida-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222518\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat child sexual abuse case leads to 22-year prison sentence for Florida man"},"content":{"rendered":"

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Kissimmee man will spend more than two decades in state prison after being convicted in a child sexual abuse materials case that investigators say involved uploads to Snapchat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attorney General James Uthmeier<\/a> announced on Tuesday that the Office of Statewide Prosecution<\/a> secured a 22-year prison sentence for Miguel Giraldo, 20, after his conviction on 20 counts of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM). Giraldo will serve his sentence in the Florida Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn Florida, child predators will be caught and held accountable every single time,\u201d Uthmeier said. \u201cThis multi-decade sentence is what this predator deserved, and we are glad the Court refused to grant a downward departure on his sentence. I am grateful to Senior Assistant Statewide Prosecutor Lauryn Day for ensuring this vile predator is off the streets and away from our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case began on Sept. 4, 2024, when the Florida Department of Law Enforcement <\/a>received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children<\/a>. According to investigators, the tip indicated Giraldo was uploading CSAM to his Snapchat account.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, Giraldo admitted to sending the illegal material through Snapchat, according to the news release. A subsequent forensic examination of his cellphone uncovered additional files depicting the sexual abuse of children, including some as young as 2 years old, authorities said. Giraldo was later arrested and charged.<\/p>\n

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The sentencing hearing included testimony from defense doctors, family members, and the FDLE case agent after Giraldo entered a plea to the bench. Defense attorneys argued for a lesser sentence, citing Giraldo\u2019s age and seeking treatment under Florida\u2019s youthful offender statute.<\/p>\n

The court declined to issue a downward departure and imposed the 22-year sentence, agreeing with prosecutors that the seriousness of the offenses warranted a lengthy prison term.<\/p>\n

State prosecutors said the sentence reflects Florida\u2019s continued focus on aggressively pursuing crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children and ensuring offenders are held fully accountable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KISSIMMEE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Kissimmee man will spend more than two decades in state prison after being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-222518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}