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Davenport man sentenced for possession of child pornography

A Davenport man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

A Davenport man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

Investigators found multiple hard drives, thumb drivers, DVDs and computers containing images and videos of child pornography when they searched the Davenport home of Robert Burton, 49, in January 2012.

Burton pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography at a hearing July 1, 2014.

Burton was sentenced to 90 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, at a sentencing hearing Monday, December 22, 2014.

His sentence also required Burton to pay $100 to the Crime Victims Fund, $2,800 restitution to one of the victims of the offense and he must register as a sex offender.

 

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