{"id":233373,"date":"2026-04-15T22:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233373\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:27:08","slug":"disturbing-videos-land-central-florida-man-in-prison-for-over-200-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233373\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Disturbing videos\u2019 land Central Florida man in prison for over 200 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">LAKE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A Lake County man has been sentenced to over 200 years in prison after being caught in an undercover sting operation nearly three years ago, according to the State Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In a release on Wednesday, SAO officials said that the man \u2014 identified as John Marchlewski, 55 \u2014 was convicted on 15 counts of possessing child pornography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The case stems back to May 2023, when the five-day sting \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2023\/06\/01\/marion-county-sting-operation-produces-2-more-arrests-of-men-facing-child-sex-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2023\/06\/01\/marion-county-sting-operation-produces-2-more-arrests-of-men-facing-child-sex-charges\/\">known as \u201cOperation M.A.P. Mirage\u201d<\/a> \u2014 ended with Marchlewski and several other men being taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Per the SAO, investigators were originally tipped off about Marchlewski, a registered sex offender, uploading files containing child pornography. A search of his devices revealed similar materials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[BELOW: Ocoee nurse accused of sexually violating amputee patient]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cOf the disturbing videos this defendant possessed of very young children being sexually abused, one was less than 2 years old \u2014 just a toddler,&#8221; State Attorney Bill Gladson said. \u201cThe mere thought of someone abusing a toddler, or any child, for their own sexual gratification is sickening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAO officials reported that Marchlewski was given a 15-year prison sentence for each of his charges, resulting in a total of 225 years that he\u2019s expected to remain behind bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhether you are a pedophile producing the material or the deviant viewing and sharing it, we will charge you and make sure you are punished to the fullest extent possible by law,\u201d Gladson finished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[BELOW: Florida attorney general reveals \u2018House of Horrors\u2019 in Sanford]<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 A Lake County man has been sentenced to over 200 years in prison after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7071,265,28,30,29,2174],"class_list":["post-233373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-children","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-lake-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233373","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=233373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}