Jerry Michael Moore, a registered sex offender, was arrested at a Jacksonville cruise terminal with hidden camera recordings of a minor.

A U.S. District Judge sentenced Jerry Michael Moore, 42, of Indiana, to 40 years in federal prison for producing and attempting to produce child sexual abuse materials on Tuesday.

The sentencing, handed down by Judge Wendy W. Berger, will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Moore had pleaded guilty to the charges on June 12, 2025.

The case came to light on January 30, 2025, when Moore was returning to the United States from a cruise at the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Cruise Terminal. Due to his 2007 conviction in Indiana for sexual misconduct with a minor, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers flagged him for a search.

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