U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee | U.S. Department of Justice
A Gulfport man, Roy Alexander Johnson, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possession of over 80 videos of child pornography. The sentence was handed down by the U.S. District Court in Gulfport. In addition to his prison term, Johnson will face 20 years of supervised release and must pay $13,000 in restitution to victims and $3,000 under the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018.
Court documents revealed that Johnson used accounts containing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. He was identified following CyberTip reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that traced email accounts back to him. These accounts held over 80 videos featuring minors involved in explicit acts, including those who had not reached the age of 12.
Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 14, 2024, and pled guilty on August 15, 2024.
The announcement came from U.S. Attorney Todd Gee and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Eikhoff. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from the Cyber Crime Division of the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Jones prosecuted the case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to address child sexual exploitation and abuse nationwide. It aims to utilize federal, state, and local resources effectively to locate offenders who exploit children online and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood visit www.projectsafechildhood.
