Hattiesburg man sentenced to 17-plus years for possession of child pornography

From the United States Attorney's Office/Southern District of Mississippi HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A Hattiesburg man was sentenced Wednesday to ...

June 1, 2023
12:38 AM

From the United States Attorney's Office/Southern District of Mississippi HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A Hattiesburg man was sentenced Wednesday to more than 17 1/2 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. Zane Michael Bonner, 44, was sentenced to 211 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty in January on a possession of child pornography. According to court documents, Bonner was found to be in possession of a cellular telephone at his rehabilitation center residence in Hattiesburg from which forensics recovered over 2,500 visual depictions of child sexual abuse material of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

WDAM Staff