A man from Oregon has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for receiving and possessing images of child rape, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
John Everett Kamph, 42, has a prior conviction in Oregon for the sexual molestation of a 6-year-old girl. That prior conviction results in a mandatory minimum fifteen-year prison term.
U.S. District Judge James L. Robart imposed an 18-year sentence saying he "needs to protect the public from the defendant."
According to records filed in the case, Kamph came to the attention of law enforcement when his internet service provider linked Kamph’s email account to the receipt of images of child sex abuse.
When the Seattle Police Department executed a court-authorized search warrant on Kamph’s electronic devices, they found more than 600 images of child sexual abuse. The investigation revealed that Kamph had not produced those images, but he had produced a video using his dog to interact with young children.
Kamph was arrested in Seattle in September 2015. Kamph had failed to register as a sex offender as required by law due to his 1997 conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. He had been living in an RV in the upper parking lot at Seattle’s Woodland Park and was working at a restaurant at the north end of Lake Union.
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.
Related Federal Cases
- Joseph Schesso, Distribution of Child Pornography, Washington 2011 · Oregon
- David P. Harlan, Child Pornography Production, Washington 2014 · Oregon
- Kody Ray Gibbs, Child Pornography Possession, Idaho 2016 · Idaho
- Lori Ann Roth, Producing Child Pornography, Michigan 2023 · Michigan
- John Henry Cyprian Jr., Sex Trafficking, Washington 2014 · Oregon
Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Child Exploitation
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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