(SAVANNAH, GA) – Authorities in Georgia say a former U.S. Army soldier previously from eastern Iowa, who was stationed at Fort Stewart (GA) has been sentenced to prison after admitting he committed sex crimes against a minor. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia, said Friday (today) 46-year-old Jason L. Adkins, of Swann, Iowa, was sentenced to 76 months (6.3-years) in prison, after pleading guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child Under 12 Years of Age. Adkins was also to serve 15 years of supervised release after completion of his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Adkins had been stationed in Fort Stewart prior to retiring from the Army in 2015, after which he relocated to Altoona, Iowa. Officers with the Police Department in Altoona contacted Army Criminal Investigation Command to report Adkin’s arrest on state child sex crimes charges in 2019, and the subsequent investigation determined that Adkins had committed similar offenses in both locations. His federal sentence will be served consecutively to a four-year state sentence for his crimes in Iowa.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division and the Altoona Police Department and prosecuted for the United States by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marcela C. Mateo and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Darron Hubbard.

Anyone with information on suspected child sexual exploitation can contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678, or https://report.cybertip.org/.