A Gulfport man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possessing over 80 videos of child pornography. Roy Alexander Johnson, aged 31, received his sentence in the U.S. District Court in Gulfport. In addition to imprisonment, Johnson must undergo 20 years of supervised release and pay $13,000 in restitution to victims along with a mandatory $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. The investigation began after CyberTip reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children traced email accounts back to Johnson. These accounts contained over 80 videos featuring minors, some under the age of 12.
Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 14, 2024, and pleaded guilty on August 15, 2024.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Todd Gee and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Eikhoff. The Federal Bureau of Investigation led the 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 case is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. The project coordinates federal, state, and local resources to locate and prosecute individuals exploiting children online while identifying and rescuing victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.