ALBERT LEA — An Albert Lea man convicted of receiving thousands of images and videos of child pornography was sentenced in federal court in September to serve seven years and one month in prison.

Jesse Jeff Stewart, 33, will spend 20 years on supervised release after his prison sentence.

According to court documents, Stewart had 5,700 images and 370 videos of child pornography. The images and videos, found on four computers and eight CDs, pictured minors under the age of 12 “being brutally and sexually abused,” the documents stated. He downloaded the files over a span of five years.

The documents stated U.S. authorities were alerted to Stewart after an investigation by the German federal police. The police had been investigating a computer network that featured child pornography and found that multiple Internet addresses in the United States had downloaded the pornographic images. German police contacted American authorities, which led to Stewart’s arrest.

The items were found after a search of a house on the 1100 block of Lincoln Ave. on Dec. 2, 2009.

U.S. District Court Judge David S. Doty issued the sentence, which was higher than the 72 months recommended by Stewart’s public defender but lower than the 121-151 month recommendation of the U.S. Attorney General’s Office.

Stewart also reportedly admitted to inappropriately touching a young girl when he was baby-sitting when he was 16.

Stewart must now submit a DNA sample, register as a sex offender, participate in sex offender and mental health treatment, and submit to a search at any time.

He is also not to possess a computer or have access to the Internet without prior written approval by the U.S. Probation Office. He was ordered not to associate with people under 18 except in the presence of an adult that has been approved by his probation officer.