{"id":24588,"date":"2022-08-27T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=24588"},"modified":"2022-08-28T00:49:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T04:49:41","slug":"man-arrested-in-polk-child-pornography-sting-sentenced-to-life-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/man-arrested-in-polk-child-pornography-sting-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in Polk child pornography sting sentenced to life in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

David Lavin, 30, was hit with 27 consecutive life sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A man arrested in a 2021 child pornography sting in Polk County will spend the rest of his life behind bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Lavin, 30, pleaded no contest to charges of child pornography, sexual battery on a victim under 12, lewd molestation and promoting sexual performance by a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge sentenced Lavin to 27 life sentences to be served consecutively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lavin was among 16 people arrested during the pornography sting<\/a>. Lavin was one of the main suspects in the operation, along with Harrison Egbert, according to deputies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert was found with over 1,000 child pornography files and admitted to sexually abusing three girls, ages 5, 7 and 8. The ex-Marine veteran and clerk at Leadfeather Guns and Ammo in Winter Haven implicated his friend, Lavin, whom he said facilitated one of his victims multiple times and recorded the abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egbert pleaded no contest in May and is already serving four consecutive life sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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