RICHMOND, Va., May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Richmond Field Office issued the following press release:

ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke, Va. man, who used the Kik social media app to send three videos containing child sexual exploitation material to an undercover FBI officer, was sentenced yesterday to 40 months in federal prison.

Christopher Allan Johnson, 55, pled guilty in December 2025 to one count of possessing child sexual exploitation materials involving a prepubescent minor.

"The threat from online predators is real and remains a key enforcement priority for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia and our law enforcement partners," Acting United States Attorney Robert N...