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Cincinnati Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Distributing Child Pornography
A Cincinnati man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for distributing child pornography and seeking to abuse an 8-year-old, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
John Albertson, 33, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was sentenced on May 24, 2024, in U.S. District Court for sending an undercover FBI agent videos of adults sexually abusing prepubescent girls. The goal was to make his own sexually exploitive videos, which he could use for ‘fun’ and to make money, prosecutors said.
Albertson entered a guilty plea on November 7, 2023, to one count of Distribution of Child Pornography. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Jia M. Cobb ordered Albertson to serve 15 years of supervised release and to pay $18,000 in restitution to the victims depicted in the child pornography.
According to court documents, on August 9, 2023, Albertson joined an encrypted private messaging group on social media where members traded images of child sexual abuse. Albertson shared images of an adult man abusing a prepubescent girl, sending them to an undercover FBI agent working with the Metropolitan Police Department-Federal Bureau of Investigation (MPD-FBI) Child Exploitation Task Force.
On August 10, 2023, Albertson initiated a text conversation during which he invited the undercover agent to join another social media group focused on child pornography. Albertson and the undercover then exchanged messages in which Albertson sought a meeting with the undercover and his purported 8-year-old daughter for the purpose of sexually abusing the child and filming the abuse for the purpose of later selling it.
This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department-Federal Bureau of Investigation (MPD-FBI) Child Exploitation Task Force. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jocelyn Bond. The case number is 23-cr-0324.
The prosecution argued that Albertson had engaged in progressively more violent, disturbing, and dangerous conduct over the past decade, including a violent interaction with police in 2017 and masturbating in front of a child in 2021, prior to engaging in the conduct in this case.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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