OCALA, Florida — A 44-year-old Ocala man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor.
Benjamin Hoover was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber after pleading guilty to the offense on January 7, 2026, according to U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe. Court documents reveal that on July 23, 2025, Hoover sent a sexually explicit image of himself to an individual he believed to be a 15-year-old girl, who was actually an undercover detective with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office…