Adam Lee Anderson - ormer Fort Jackson drill instructor - 57 months in prison for child porn

A former Fort Jackson drill instructor will serve a sentence of 57 months imprisonment.

Adam Lee Anderson, 29, of Columbia, was convicted of possession of child pornography.

Anderson admitted to possessing approximately 140 images of child pornography on his off-base home computer last April. Anderson, who at the time was a drill instructor at Fort Jackson, was identified in an FBI investigation as having paid for access to web sites selling child pornography.

Agents seized Anderson's computer, and a forensic examination of the hard drive confirmed the presence of the illegal images.

Following his release from prison, Anderson will be supervised by federal probation officers for the rest of his life. While on supervised release, he will be required to register as a sex offender, be prohibited from accessing the internet, and be prohibited from having unsupervised contact with minors.

The case was investigated by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Dean A. Eichelberger of the Columbia office handled the case.