GAINESVILLE, FL — A 30-year-old Gainesville man has been ordered to serve 15 years in state prison after a deep-dive cyber investigation traced multiple illicit Kik messaging accounts directly back to his local residence.
Alexander Callison was officially sentenced on Monday, June 8, 2026, to 15 years in the Florida Department of Corrections, followed by a strict 10-year term of specialized Sex Offender Probation. The lengthy penal sentence follows his conviction on 20 combined felony counts involving internet child solicitation, media transmission, and possession.
NCMEC CyberTips Expose Kik Accounts
The multi-agency investigation began in the summer of 2025 when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) flagged a series of high-volume digital data transfers occurring on the Kik instant-messaging network. NCMEC automated filters determined that specific user profiles were actively distributing graphic, harmful media to underage accounts while building a localized digital cache.
NCMEC technicians packaged the electronic signatures into multiple urgent CyberTips and routed them to the Gainesville Police Department (GPD)…