Press Release
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Mar 28,2024
JACKSONVILLE , Fla . — U . S . District Judge Brian J . Davis has sentenced Samuel Arthur Thompson , 53 , of St . Augustine , to 220 years in federal prison , followed by a lifetime of supervised release , for producing , receiving and possessing child sex abuse material ( CSAM ) , producing CSAM while required to register as a sex offender , violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( SORNA ) , sending unauthorized damaging commands to a protected computer and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon . [ . . . ]