A Patterson woman has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to producing sexually explicit images of a child. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. “Every image of child sexual abuse material represents the exploitation and victimization of a real child,” said U.S. Attorney Heap. If you are or have information about victims of child exploitation, contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Cyber Tipline at report.cybertip.org or 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). This case was investigated by the FBI, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit and prosecuted for the United States by Southern District of Georgia Assistant U.S.