Lehighton man sentenced for exploiting children

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jason Keiser, 27, of Lehighton, was

sentenced last week to 270 months’ imprisonment and 20 years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for sexual exploitation of children.

Judge Mannion also ordered that Keiser be required to comply with the Sexual Offender and Registration Notification Act, a national system for the registration of sex offenders. According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, in May 2017, Keiser produced videos and visual depictions of minors under the age of 12 engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

The charges stemmed from a federal law enforcement investigation, in which investigators executed search warrants that resulted in the discovery of a very large collection of child pornography on Keiser’s electronic devices, including child pornography images and videos created by Keiser. Keiser also shared child pornography with others via social media applications.

Keiser was indicted by a federal grand jury on Aug. 22, 2017, after an investigation conducted by United States Homeland Security Investigations – Philadelphia Division. Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Olshefski 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.