FORT MYERS, FL—United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Edwin Carroll Snyder (39, Fort Myers) was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
According to court documents, in March 2012, Snyder distributed 25 files of child pornography from his computer through the use of a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Snyder distributed these files to an undercover detective with the New Zealand Police. In April 2012, a search warrant was executed at Snyder’s residence in Fort Myers, Florida, during which he was found to possess in excess of 1,500 images and 80 videos of child pornography. Snyder admitted to law enforcement agents that he had been seeking and downloading images and videos of child pornography for approximately five years.
