Cory Johnson, Child Pornography Production, Vermont 2023

A South Burlington man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse materials, also known as child pornography. Cory Johnson, formerly of South Burlington, Vermont, pleaded guilty to a single count of child pornography production.

According to court documents, Johnson admitted to producing child pornography in September 2016. He video recorded sexually explicit content involving a minor at that time.

At sentencing, the government sought a 30-year sentence, the maximum allowed by law, for Johnson’s videotaped abuse of a toddler. However, Chief United States District Court Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford sentenced Johnson to 20 years of imprisonment with 15 years of supervised release to follow.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, led by U.S. Attorney Nikolas Kerest, commended the work of prosecutors and their agent partners in securing the conviction. Kerest stated, “The conviction in this case is the product of years of tireless and dedicated work by the prosecutors and their agent partners. Our office will continue to work alongside our law enforcement partners to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse by investigating and prosecuting those who victimize the most vulnerable.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office thanked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, for their work on the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eugenia A. P. Cowles and Jonathan A. Ophardt represented the government. Frank Twarog, Esq. represented Johnson.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation Obscenity Section, Criminal Division (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

Cory Johnson, a former South Burlington resident, was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment with 15 years of supervised release to follow for producing child sexual abuse materials. Johnson pleaded guilty to a single count of child pornography production and admitted to producing child pornography in September 2016.

Cory Johnson was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford on [no date provided]. The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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