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Washington DC Man Sentenced to 26 Years for Child Exploitation
A 31-year-old Washington D.C. resident, Christopher Young, was sentenced to 26 years in prison for child exploitation and sex abuse charges, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III.
Young pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and second-degree child sexual abuse on August 23, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In addition to the prison term, Judge Amit P. Mehta ordered 15 years of supervised release and required Young to register as a sex offender.
According to court documents, Young used a messaging application to reach out to a 10-year-old child in June 2019, pretending to be a young girl. He blackmailed the victim, threatening to disseminate embarrassing photographs to her family if she did not engage in sexual acts with him. Young also photographed his sexual abuse of the victim.
The victim reported the abuse to her mother, and Young was arrested on July 23, 2019. He has been in custody since his arrest.
The case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, a collaborative effort between FBI agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia.
This case was brought as part of the U.S. Attorney’s Project Safe Childhood initiative, a nationwide effort to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
U.S. Attorney Graves, Special Agent in Charge Jacobs, and Chief Contee commended the work of those who investigated the case, including the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, and the MPD’s Narcotics and Special Investigation Division, Human Trafficking Unit. They also expressed appreciation for the efforts of those who handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Paralegal Specialist Alexis Spencer-Anderson, Victim/Witness Advocate Yvonne Bryant, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Janani Iyengar.
Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Child Exploitation
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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