FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


BAY COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR CHILD PORN

May 15, 2007

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the sentencing, in Bay County Circuit Court, of Claude A. Chandler on child pornography charges.

Chandler, 49, or College Avenue in Panama City, was convicted at trial, on March 22, 2007, of possessing 60 images of child pornography. He was sentenced to 65 years in prison–13 months for each image. Florida law requires that an inmate serve at least 85 per cent of his sentence.