Brent Johnson Jr., 26, of Port Jefferson Station, NY, was taken into custody on Thursday to serve a 15-year federal prison sentence followed by a life term of supervised release.
Johnson pleaded guilty on June 26 to sexually exploiting a child and distributing child pornography over the 2021 incident.
Convicted child predator Brent Johnson. Credit: Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Court documents stated that Johnson contacted the child through the online multiplayer video game "Among Us" in August 2021. He exchanged phone numbers with the victim and started communicating with the minor through text messages and phone calls. Despite knowing the victim's age, prosecutors said Johnson traveled from New York to Rogue River, Oregon, near Medford, to sexually abuse the child several times at a local hotel in December 2021. He also filmed the sexual abuse and distributed the child pornography.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said Johnson sent a screenshot from one of the sex abuse videos he had captured to a family member of the victim in February 2022, which sparked the investigation.
The video game "Among Us" for ages 10 and up gained popularity with children over its cartoon-like characters
Johnson was apprehended by police in Bayport, New York on March 23, 2022, following a multi-state agency effort between the Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET), the Rogue River Police Department, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Long Island.
A federal grand jury in Medford returned a three-count indictment on May 5, 2022, charging Johnson with sexually exploiting a child, distributing child pornography, and traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
The case was prosecuted by Judith R. Harper, Assistant US Attorney for the District of Oregon.
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