A Jamestown man has been sentenced to 20 years for child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Wednesday that Timothy Douglas, 65, who was convicted of possession of child pornography by a person having a prior conviction related to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and abusive sexual conduct involving a minor, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. Douglas must also register as a sex offender.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maeve E. Huggins, who handled the case, stated that in August 2023, employees at a local grocery store found an unattended cell phone by the checkout area. When they opened the phone to look for the owner’s information, they found sexually explicit images of young girls and immediately called Jamestown Police.

Jamestown Police notified the FBI who helped identify the children in the images. A forensic examination of the cellphone located images depicting prepubescent minors or minors under 12-years-old. The investigation determined that between July 2022 and August 2023, Douglas produced images of three minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. One of the children was 5 years old and the other two children were approximately 10 years old. Some of the images were sadistic in nature. In 2003, Douglas was convicted in New York State of Possessing an Obscene Sexual Performance by a Child less than 16 years old, first degree sexual abuse and second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Jamestown Police Department, under the direction of Chief Timothy Jackson and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Philip Tejera.