Delco Man Gets 20 Years For Child Porn: U.S. Attorney

A Delaware County man who was found to be in possession of 75,000 images and videos of children being sexually abused and assaulted was sentenced to to prison Thursday, Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Jeffrey Keagle, 49 of, Folcroft, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his conviction for distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography, the attorney's office said.

Keagle was also hit with a 20 year term of supervised release, $45,000 in restitution payments to the victims, $400 in special assessments, and forfeiture of all of Keagle’s computer and electronic equipment used in these offenses.

Keagle was arrested and charged in July 2016.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.

The case was investigated by the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office Criminal Investigation Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Rotella.

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