Ocean Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

Gulfport, Miss. - An Ocean Springs man pled guilty to production of child pornography.

According to court documents, in January 2023, Eric Jason Fiorentino, 30, caused a minor in another state to produce visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Using an internet chat platform for texts and live videos, Fiorentino produced and screen captured the images on his cell phone in Jackson County, Mississippi.

Fiorentino is scheduled to be sentenced on March 12, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., and faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in prison. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee and Acting Special Agent in Charge Eric DeLaune of Homeland Security Investigations made the announcement.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of the Jackson County and Stone County Sheriff's Offices and the Hesston, Kansas Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Jones is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.