Source: US FBI
Orlando, Florida – U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that a federal jury has found Joshua Keith Davis (53, Jacksonville) guilty of five counts of production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), five counts of distribution of CSAM, and one count of possession of CSAM. Davis faces a minimum penalty of 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison for each production offense, a minimum of 5 years, up to 20 years’, imprisonment for each distribution offense, and up to 20 years in prison for the possession offense. His sentencing hearing is set for October 29, 2025.
According to evidence presented at trial, between 2011 and 2013, Davis produced CSAM depicting infants. He distributed the material to several individuals online. Davis was also found in possession of CSAM in 2022.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Noah P. Dorman and Special Assistant United States Attorney Rachel S. Lyons.
This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 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 victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.