Crime & Safety
Child Porn Possession Case Lands Safari Park Zookeeper In Prison: DOJ
A former zookeeper at a safari adventure park in Palm Beach County has been sentenced to prison for child porn possession, the DOJ said.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — A zookeeper was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for child porn possession, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
Justin David Alban, 31, was sentenced by a federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday. He was also given 15 years of supervised release.
Over 18 months between 2019 and 2020, Alban used an online peer-to-peer network to obtain child sexual abuse material, the DOJ said.
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In 2020, law enforcement officers found the child pornography on Alban’s computers. At the time, he worked at a Palm Beach County safari adventure park.
On Oct. 15, 2020, he pled guilty to one count of possession of child pornography.
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