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Date: 01-28-2022
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Case Number: 3:21-mj-00031-MPB
Judge: Matthew P. Brookman
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Evansville, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually exploiting a child in his care and creating images of the abuse.
On March 25, 2021 the Evansville Police Department responded to an address in Evansville. The officer spoke with an adult female who was reporting that Todd Johnson Jr., 33, Evansville, had sexually explicit images of a child on his cell phone. She reported that earlier that day, she saw an image on Johnson’s cell phone when he was asleep. Johnson awoke and after a confrontation, he fled the area, but the adult female was able to retain his cell phone.
After further investigation, it was discovered that Johnson Jr. used a prescription drug to sedate the minor victim, then he would sexually abuse the victim and take pictures of the abuse. The abuse images demonstrated that the child was heavily sedated or unconscious at the times of the abuse. An arrest warrant was issued for Johnson on April 7, 2021, and he was arrested on April 8, 2021.
Zachary A. Myers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, and FBI Indianapolis Acting Special Agent in Charge Gregory Nelsen made the announcement.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations investigated the case. The Evansville Police Department and the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crime Unit also provided valuable assistance. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Richard Young. As part of the sentence, Judge Young also imposed 15 years of supervised release and Johnson must register as a sex offender.
U.S. Attorney Myers thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd S. Shellenbarger who prosecuted this case.
In fiscal year 2019, the Southern District of Indiana was second out of the 94 federal districts in the country for the number of child sexual exploitation cases prosecuted.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
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