Fremont Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Child Pornography

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jorgen Johannssen, 24, of Fremont, Nebraska, was sentenced today for distributing child pornography. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Johannssen to 10 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 10-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender. Johannssen was further ordered to pay $45,000 in restitution to a total of 15 victims.

In August of 2017 a federal search warrant was executed at Johannssen’s residence in Fremont. He was 19 and found to have uploaded more than 20,000 images of child pornography. In March of 2021 agents from Homeland Security Investigations returned to the residence with a second search warrant. Johannssen, now 22, was found to possess more than 290 videos and more than 400 images of child pornography. He admitted to downloading and distributing child pornography about a year after the first warrant.

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

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.