United States of America v. Dwight John

Juneau, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children in violation of 18 U.S.C.225 and possession of child pornograhy in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(5)(B).

, in May 2024, relatives of Dwight John, 74, contacted the Ketchikan Police Department after they found a USB drive that contained what they thought was child sexual abuse material (CSAM). At the time of discovery, John was serving a sentence in Alaska state prison for sexually abusing a minor.

A law enforcement officer reviewed the photos on the USB drive and found numerous sexually explicit images of a 10-year old girl known to John through an institution located in Mexico. Law enforcement officers later searched John’s cell phones and laptop computer, where they discovered dozens of sexually explicit photos of the minor victim and over 1,000 images of CSAM depicting prepubescent minors, including infants and toddlers.

John admitted to producing sexually explicit photographs of the minor victim during his trips to Mexico in 2018 and 2019.

Dwight John, A former Ketchikan church elder, pleaded guilty earlier this week to possessing child pornography of a child under the age of 12.