John Daniel Kopp Jr., Child Pornography, Iowa 2024

A Missouri man has been sentenced to 405 months in federal prison for his role in producing child pornography.

John Daniel Kopp Jr., 65, was sentenced in the Southern District of Iowa on no date given for his crimes, which involved a period of several years, between at least July 2020 through May 2023. According to court documents, Kopp requested Abigail Margarete Knight produce child pornography with two minor victims and send it to him for the period. Knight would produce such images and send them to Kopp via text message. Kopp continued to ask for more images, even paying Knight to produce some of the images.

Kopp will also be required to serve five years of supervised release after his term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. He was also ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution.

Abigail Margarete Knight, 36, of Riverside, was previously sentenced to 600 months in federal prison in June 2024 for her role in producing child pornography. Knight was also involved in sending images to Kopp.

The case was investigated by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal made the announcement.

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. 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 https://www.justice.gov/psc.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdia/pr/missouri-man-sentenced-405-months-federal-prison-production-child-pornography-charges