Former cop gets 5 years for child porn

TAMPA -- A former Largo police officer who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography will spend five years in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Jamie Bogdan, who now lives in Fort Myers Beach, on Wednesday. He served as a Largo police officer for 2 1/2 years and resigned on Oct. 17, the day agents confronted him at his home.

Authorities said Bogdan had downloaded 1,700 images of child pornography of victims ranging in age from 6 months to 13 years old.

The court ordered that Bogdan serve his sentence at the federal prison in Coleman or a prison facility in western New York.