A Lake Wales man was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this month after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

Johnny Emmons, 29, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of enhanced possession of child pornography, a second degree felony, and also admitted to violating his probation from a 2015 child porn case.

In January, 2019,  the Sheriff’s Office received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that included images and videos from Emmons’ Tumblr account. The files showed young children having sex with adults and other children.

Detectives tracked Emmons to an apartment in Lake Wales where they searched the home and found a cell phone with images of child pornography.

Circuit Judge William Sites sentenced Emmons, who also was designated a sexual predator by Sites because this was his second qualifying sexual offense.

Assistant State Attorney Monica Smith prosecuted the case.

State Attorney Brian Haas thanks ASA Smith and Polk Sheriff’s detectives for their work on the case.