WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
BOSTON - A Chicago man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for sexually exploiting a 14-year-old minor victim from Massachusetts.
Joshua Rogers, 31,was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 21 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release.In June 2026, Rogers pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of children. Roger was arrestedin December 2025 in Chicago.
In July 2025, law enforcement was notified of an individual purporting to be a 17-year-old boy named 'John' -later identified as Rogers - engaging in sexually explicit comm...