CINCINNATI – Thomas Winkelbach, 79, of Cincinnati, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for taking sexually explicit photos of a toddler victim.
Winkelbach pleaded guilty in federal court in July 2020 to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.
According to court documents, Winkelbach “used a digital camera to take sexually explicit pictures of a young child touching Winkelbach’s penis and other pictures of Winkelbach masturbating in front of the victim.”
The crime occurred in 2014 or 2015, but the exact date is unknown. The victim was between 1 and 2 years old.
The documents did not reveal the relationship between Winkelbach and the victim.
Investigators say in court documents that Winkelbach has been searching for, downloading and trading child pornography on the internet for years. Between all of his digital media seized by investigators in October 2019, Winkelbach possessed thousands of images of child pornography.
