Enfield Man Pleads Guilty To Producing Child Sex Abuse Images

NEW HAVEN, CT — An Enfield resident detained since his arrest last summer on charges of producing and possessing child sex abuse images and videos pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.

Katrell Johnson, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer to two counts of production of child pornography, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years on each count, and one count of possession of child pornography, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years., according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in April and May 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) received CyberTipline reports from Google and WhatsApp that accounts subsequently connected to Johnson had been used to upload images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. A court-authorized search of two of Johnson’s Google accounts revealed hundreds of child sex abuse images and videos, including images and videos of prepubescent children, and images that Johnson created of two minor victims, Avery said.

Johnson has been detained since his arrest on July 13, 2023. Meyer scheduled sentencing for May 8.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Enfield Police Department.