Columbus, Ohio – Registered sex offender Jeremiah Morrison, 38, of Columbus, admitted in federal court today that he transported images and videos depicting child torture, child mutilation, and child murder.
The defendant obtained the material on the dark web and traded it for images and videos of sexual abuse of young children.
Morrison was twice previously convicted of crimes against children, including a 2012 conviction for filming an 11-year-old boy under a bathroom stall at the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received information in April 2023 related to Morrison uploading child pornography.
While executing a search warrant in June 2023, investigators discovered Morrison’s cell phone contained 3,000 images and 900 videos of child sexual abuse material. The images and videos depicted the sexual assault of infants and children ages 0 to 6 years old.
For example, one video shows an adult man sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby. In addition to the child sexual abuse material recovered on the device, investigators also discovered numerous images and videos depicting torture, mutilation, and deceased children.
Morrison was arrested in September 2023 and has remained in custody since. Sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the Court at a future hearing based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
The guilty plea was entered today before Chief U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley. Assistant United States Attorney Emily Czerniejewski is representing the United States in this case.
Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Shawn Gibson, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Elena Iatarola announced the charges.
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- State: Ohio
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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