St. Cloud Woman Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials

Source: US FBI

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Jessica Corin Mangano (35, St. Cloud) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for distribution, receipt, and possession of child sex abuse material. Mangano pleaded guilty on February 27, 2025.

According to court documents and evidence presented at the sentencing hearing, Mangano distributed and received videos depicting the violent sexual abuse of infants, toddlers, and other young children. She also distributed images of two children to men that she knew and described her desire to rape these children or watch the men rape these children. A search of Mangano’s cellphone revealed that she had 81 images and 295 videos of child sexual abuse material saved to this device.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Kaley Austin-Aronson and Chauncey A. Bratt.

This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue child victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.