An Orange County corrections officer is sitting in the jail he used to work at, facing 58 felony counts tied to child sexual abuse material after investigators say they found dozens of illegal images and videos on his devices. Dwyane Omega Love, 47, of Orlando was booked Thursday and is being held without bond as he awaits his next court date.
According to the Orange County Corrections Department, Love was arrested for over 50 counts of possessing child pornography, with an arrest affidavit spelling out the full scope of the charges, as reported by WKMG ClickOrlando. Officials have not released additional information about how the investigation began or what prompted the search of Love's devices.
Breaking Down the 58 Counts
The affidavit shows Love faces 32 counts of unlawful possession of materials depicting a sexual performance by a child, 24 counts of unlawful possession of material depicting generated, or AI-modified, child pornography, and two counts of animal cruelty tied to filming or possessing images or video of sexual activity involving an animal, the station's report notes.
Florida law treats each illicit image or video file as its own separate criminal act, which is why a single device search can produce dozens of individual counts. Under Florida Statute § 827.071(5)(a), simple possession of child sexual abuse material is a third-degree felony carrying up to five years in prison, five years of probation, and a $5,000 fine per count, according to Richard Hornsby Law.
The 24 counts involving generated content fall under a more specific statute. Florida Statute § 827.072 criminalizes computer-generated, altered, or AI-modified images portraying fictitious minors in sexual conduct as its own third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years per count, per FindLaw. The two animal-related counts stem from Florida Statute § 828.126(2)(e), which makes filming, distributing, or possessing pornographic material involving a person and an animal a third-degree felony carrying up to five years in prison, along with mandatory judicial orders restricting the defendant's proximity to animals, according to the Florida Senate.
Decades of Prison Exposure
Stacked together, the math on Love's case is staggering. A defendant facing 58 third-degree felony counts theoretically faces up to 290 years in state prison if a judge were to impose the maximum five-year sentence on each count consecutively, according to an analysis from The Hoffman Firm. That figure is a statutory ceiling rather than a prediction of what any court will actually hand down, but it illustrates how quickly prison exposure multiplies in multi-count digital exploitation cases.
A judge ordered Love held without bond, a step Florida law allows when probable cause exists for severe felony offenses under Florida Statute § 903.0471, according to Optimal Bail Bonds. Analysts note that state and local law enforcement agencies increasingly rely on specialized digital forensics units to extract and catalog individual files from seized devices, a process that frequently results in dozens of distinct counts per device, per Dickstein Law.
A Second Scandal at the Same Jail
Love's arrest lands at an agency already under scrutiny. The Orange County Corrections Department runs a 76-acre compound on 33rd Street in Orlando with a design capacity of roughly 4,100 inmates and about 1,700 certified and civilian staff, according to Orange County Government figures. Under standard county civil service guidelines, correctional officers arrested on felony charges face immediate administrative suspension and badge revocation pending internal affairs review and formal termination proceedings.
Less than a year ago, the same 33rd Street facility was at the center of a sprawling contraband and drug trafficking case. Hoodline reported that 36 people faced charges in September 2025, including two corrections officers and an attorney, in connection with a network smuggling drugs and other contraband into the jail.
What Comes Next
It remains unclear how investigators first identified the material allegedly found on Love's devices, whether through a proactive online sting, an internal tip, or a search warrant tied to another case. Officials have not said whether additional charges could follow as forensic analysis of his electronics continues, and the Orange County Corrections Department has provided no further information since confirming his identity as the officer arrested.
Florida lawmakers have been pushing to toughen penalties in this exact area of law. During the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions, measures including SB 1750 and HB 233 were introduced to strengthen mandatory minimum sentences and broaden criminal prohibitions surrounding AI-generated child sexual abuse material, according to the Florida Senate.
