A man from Shaktoolik, Alaska, was sentenced last week to 30 years in federal prison and an additional 30 years of supervised release after being convicted of sexually exploiting three minors to produce child pornography and cyberstalking four victims, including one adult.
Court records show that between December 2021 and July 2023, Matthew Jackson, age 23, engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse involving multiple female victims. Three of the victims were underage. Jackson used his cell phone to contact the minors, asking them to create sexually explicit images and videos. He then threatened to share these images as a means of coercing sexual contact with the minors. He also filmed sexual encounters without their consent and provided marijuana and alcohol in exchange for sex.
During this period, Jackson employed similar tactics with an adult victim. He requested explicit images from the adult, then threatened to disclose them if his demands for sexual intercourse were not met. According to court arguments, he told the victim he could profit from selling the images and laughed while the victim expressed suicidal thoughts. The investigation revealed that Jackson had used similar conduct with at least three other adults.
“Jackson has a history of violent assaults and engaged in despicable conduct against multiple vulnerable victims,” said U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman. “His life of terrorizing Alaskans stops now. Thanks to the incredible strength of the victims and efforts by law enforcement, Jackson will spend the next three decades in prison followed by decades under Court supervision.”
"Through manipulation and coercion, Jackson callously terrorized and sexually exploited both minors and adults in Alaska,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Brandon Waddle of the FBI Anchorage Field Office. “Let this serve as a message to anyone who commits crimes against children in Alaska: the FBI and our partners will relentlessly pursue and hold predators accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
The case was investigated by the FBI Anchorage Field Office with support from Alaska State Troopers. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carly Vosacek prosecuted.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, a Department of Justice initiative started in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation nationwide by coordinating resources among federal, state, and local agencies to find offenders who exploit children online and help rescue victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at https://www.justice.gov/psc.
