Nicholas J. Veerkamp, Child Exploitation, Ohio 2022

A registered sex offender has been sentenced to 420 months in prison for sexually exploiting children and possessing child pornography in Ohio.

Nicholas J. Veerkamp, 32, of Colerain Township, was convicted following a jury trial in October 2022. He was found guilty of taking sexually explicit photographs of victims ages 9 and 12 while they slept.

According to court documents and trial testimony, in August 2017, Veerkamp sexually exploited a 12-year-old victim to create three images of child pornography. In October 2017, he sexually exploited a 9-year-old child for the purpose of making child pornography. Veerkamp created 19 images of the victim, including images in which he exposed the child's genitals while the victim slept.

The defendant also possessed other images of minor females on his electronic devices.

Veerkamp was convicted of sexual imposition in 2016 for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, and as a result, was required to register as a sex offender.

U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker stated, 'This defendant has shown a consistent pattern of sexually abusing children.'

The sentence was imposed by Senior U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle J. Healey is representing the United States in this case.

Veerkamp's registration as a sex offender and lifetime of supervised release will follow his prison sentence.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/35-year-prison-sentence-colerain-township-man-convicted-trial-taking-sexually-explicit