Timothi L. Cramer, 45, of Columbus, was sentenced on July 10 in federal court to 393 months in prison for sexually exploiting an 8-year-old child. The sentencing comes approximately two years after Cramer was released from prison for a previous conviction involving the abuse of a different minor.
According to court documents, authorities received cyber tips in February and March 2024 regarding Cramer uploading hundreds of child pornography files. Metadata from one image flagged as “newly produced content” indicated it had been created in February 2024 at or near the Baymont Inn in Columbus and depicted an explicit photo of an 8-year-old victim. Cramer admitted to asking the child to pull down her pants for him so he could take the photo.
Further investigation into images and videos found in Cramer’s Gmail accounts suggested that he had regular access to at least three minors. Authorities also discovered that his electronic devices contained a large collection of child sexual abuse images and videos obtained from the internet, including material depicting toddlers and minors engaged in bestiality as well as sadistic and masochistic abuse.
Cramer had previously been convicted in Lake County, Florida, in 2006 for Cruelty Toward Child Aggravated Child Abuse Torture and was sentenced to twenty years with credit for time served before being released from prison in 2022. He pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography related to this case in February 2025.
The sentence was announced by Dominick S. Gerace II, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Jared Murphey, Acting Special Agent in Charge with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Detroit; and Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant. Assistant United States Attorney Emily Czerniejewski is representing the government.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice aimed at combating child sexual exploitation through coordination among federal, state, and local resources.