A Seymour man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after taking sexually explicit images of a 9-year-old girl.

U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler announced today that 50-year-old Robert D. Jenkins of Seymour was sentenced in the case which started in March of 2015. A woman discovered the photos of her daughter on Jenkins’ phone and turned the phone over to the Seymour Police Department. An investigation found more sexually explicit images that appeared to have been taken in Jenkins’ home. He was convicted in federal court of producing child pornography.

Jenkins had previously been convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor and child molestation in a 2001 Jackson County case and was sentenced then to three years in prison.