Jason Allen Henning, a 43-year-old resident of Cape Coral, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing and accessing with intent to view images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell. Henning pleaded guilty on July 9, 2025.
In addition to his prison term, Henning received a life term of supervised release and must register as a sex offender. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the sentencing.
Court documents show that between April 2022 and January 2024, Henning knowingly searched for, downloaded, and saved child sexual abuse material from the internet.
Henning had previously been convicted in federal court in 2013 for distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. He began serving a life term of supervised release in 2021.
On January 19, 2024, while under supervised release conditions that allowed searches of his residence, officers from U.S. Probation found unauthorized devices at Henning’s home. A forensic preview revealed files containing child sexual abuse material. The FBI was contacted to investigate further and conducted a forensic analysis on the seized devices pursuant to a search warrant; this analysis confirmed the presence of illegal images and videos.
The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Fort Myers Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Yolande G. Viacava prosecuted the case.
According to information from Project Safe Childhood, this prosecution is part of a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse by coordinating efforts among federal, state, and local agencies.
"This is another case brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims." For more information about Project Safe Childhood: www.justice.gov/psc.
