A 52-year-old Oshkosh man has been sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for his role in the receipt of child pornography.
David E. Dejanovich, a lifetime registrant on the Wisconsin Sexual Offender Registry, was sentenced to 336 months in federal prison by Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach on October 1, 2025.
According to court records, Dejanovich has a disturbing history of abusing children, with prior convictions in Dodge County for second-degree sexual assault of a child and first-degree sexual assault of a child. He was previously convicted in federal court in 2015 for possession of child pornography and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release.
While serving his term of supervised release, Dejanovich was found to be in possession of child pornography after downloading it from the internet.
At his sentencing hearing, Judge Griesbach emphasized the seriousness of Dejanovich’s crime and the need for deterrence. Upon completion of his federal prison sentence, Dejanovich will spend the remainder of his life on supervised release and continue to register as a sex offender under state and federal law.
The case was investigated by the Oshkosh Police Department and the Green Bay Office of United States Probation and Parole. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel R. Humble as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
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- Larry P. Smith, Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography, Ohio 2013 · Massachusetts
- Matthew Kummer, Child Pornography Possession, Wisconsin 2023 · Wisconsin
- Timothy P. McDowell, Child Pornography Production, Wisconsin 2021 · Wisconsin
Key Facts
- State: Wisconsin
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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