{"id":232866,"date":"2026-04-15T15:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232866\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:43:12","slug":"former-monticello-pd-officer-indicted-on-several-counts-for-possessing-child-sex-abuse-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232866\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Monticello PD officer indicted on several counts for possessing child sex abuse materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/02\/06\/now-former-monticello-police-officer-arrested-accused-possessing-over-70-counts-child-sex-crimes\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/02\/06\/now-former-monticello-police-officer-arrested-accused-possessing-over-70-counts-child-sex-crimes\/\">former Monticello Police Officer<\/a> is now indicted in federal court on child exploitation crimes, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office of the Northern District of Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Keagan Bohlinger, 26, is being charged with 11 counts of production of child pornography and 1 count of possession of child pornography. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Mugshot of Keagan Bohlinger\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DTHEF2UOOJDLVHWGOFDWBMJEEA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Mugshot of Keagan Bohlinger(Jefferson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jury trial for the Tallahassee man is set for next month on May 26, according to the press release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Bohlinger faces 15 years in prison and up to life in prison for each count of production of child pornography. He also faces an additional 20 years in prison for the possession of child pornography count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More on crime in our area:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The suspect was not employed with the Monticello Police Department at the time of his arrest and was terminated a few days before his arrest, according to previous reporting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested him as he was trying to leave the county \u201cwith a car full of luggage,\u201d per previous reporting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to previous reporting, officials found \u201cnumerous images and videos containing child pornography\u201d after conducting several search warrants of his home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/04\/15\/former-monticello-pd-officer-indicted-several-counts-possessing-child-sex-abuse-materials\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. Please include the article\u2019s headline in your message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Be the first to see all the biggest headlines by downloading the WCTV News app. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2024\/12\/18\/download-free-wctv-mobile-streaming-apps-today\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; A former Monticello Police Officer is now indicted in federal court on child exploitation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[104033,103613,265,104035,104034,634,55697,104036,104032,115,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-232866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-child-abuse-materials","tag-child-pornography-charges","tag-crime","tag-jefferson-county-sheriffs-office","tag-keagan-bohlinger","tag-local","tag-monticello-police-department","tag-mpd","tag-mpd-officer","tag-news","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232866","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=232866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}