LAKELAND, Fla. – U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber sentenced Randall Alderman, 61, of Lakeland, to 18 years in federal prison for producing and receiving child sexual abuse material. Once Alderman finishes serving his prison term, he will enter a lifetime of supervised release.
The sentencing was announced Thursday following Alderman’s guilty plea entered on September 16, 2024.
Court documents show that Alderman started his illegal activities in 2021 when he communicated sexually with a 13-year-old victim via a social media platform. The young victim supplied child sexual abuse material, which Alderman actively solicited…