Lebanon Man Sentenced to 85 Months’ Imprisonment for Distribution of Child Pornography

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Stephen Okamoto, age 36, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 26, 2025, to 85 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Keli M. Neary for distribution of child pornography.

According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, law enforcement identified an Internet Protocol (IP) address that was sharing a collection of child pornography via BitTorrent software. The IP address was traced to Okamoto’s residence. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant on that residence, recovering electronic devices that contained over 1,900 images of child pornography.

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Derry Township Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Michael Scalera prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.

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