A man from Shaktoolik, Alaska, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by 30 years of supervised release for sexually exploiting three children to produce child pornography and for cyberstalking both the children and an adult victim.
Court documents state that between December 2021 and July 2023, Matthew Jackson, age 23, engaged in a pattern of sexual abuse and exploitation involving multiple female victims. Three of the victims were minors. Jackson used a cell phone to contact the minors, asking them to create images and videos depicting sexually explicit conduct. He threatened to disclose these images to coerce sexual contact with the minors. Without their consent, he filmed the encounters and provided marijuana and alcohol in exchange for sex.
Jackson also targeted an adult victim during this period. He requested sexually explicit images from her and then harassed her by threatening to make the images public. Jackson told her he could profit from selling the images if she refused his demand for sexual intercourse. The court found that he coerced the adult victim into non-consensual sex while mocking her distress.
Arguments presented in court indicated that Jackson used similar methods against at least three additional adults.
“Jackson has a history of violent assaults and engaged in despicable conduct against multiple vulnerable victims,” said U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman. “His life of terrorizing Alaskans stops now. Thanks to the incredible strength of the victims and efforts by law enforcement, Jackson will spend the next three decades in prison followed by decades under Court supervision.”
“Through manipulation and coercion, Jackson callously terrorized and sexually exploited both minors and adults in Alaska,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Brandon Waddle of the FBI Anchorage Field Office. “Let this serve as a message to anyone who commits crimes against children in Alaska: the FBI and our partners will relentlessly pursue and hold predators accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman for the District of Alaska along with Acting Special Agent in Charge Brandon Waddle of the FBI Anchorage Field Office.
The case was investigated by the FBI Anchorage Field Office with help from Alaska State Troopers, while Assistant U.S. Attorney Carly Vosacek prosecuted it.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide Department of Justice initiative started in May 2006 aimed at fighting child sexual exploitation online through coordinated federal, state, and local resources to identify offenders as well as rescue victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at https://www.justice.gov/psc.
