Kissimmee Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material

Orlando, Florida - Christian Eric Harmon (38, Kissimmee) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for receipt of child sexual abuse material. Harmon pleaded guilty on August 7, 2025. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

According to court documents, on April 7, 2024, Harmon was chatting with another user on an internet-based application. During that chat, Harmon requested child sexual abuse material and received approximately 22 illicit videos depicting the sexual abuse of children as young as infants.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kaley Austin-Aronson.

This case was 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 United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), 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, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.