A Port Charlotte man has been sentenced to seven years in prison on child porn charges.
More than 5,000 images of child porn were found by police on several computers that belonged to 26-year-old Nicholas Berlen of Mockingbird Street. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said pictures of kids five-years-old and older were downloaded and transmitted. Berlen pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child pornography possession. He has been sentenced to five years of probation after he is released from prison. Berlen must register as a sex offender and may not contact with minors.