Harrison Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting a Minor

Fayetteville, Arkansas - A Harrison man was sentenced on April 24, 2026, to 660 months in federal prison, without the possibility of parole, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of three (3) separate minors via production of child pornography. The Honorable Chief Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing, which was held in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.

According to court documents, Justin Neil Perkuhn, age 39, photographed himself bathing with two minors, ages four and six, while engaged in sexual contact with one of the minors. In a separate incident, Perkuhn created a surreptitious video through a window of an 8-year-old female while she bathed. Perkuhn's crimes came to light after Arkansas State Police received a CyberTipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Perkuhn had uploaded items of child pornography to a cloud storage account. In the ensuing investigation, officers served a search warrant at Perkuhn's residence and discovered multiple devices containing child pornography. Officers later discovered that Perkuhn had created a voyeuristic video of an adult female through her bathroom window as she exited the shower.

Perkuhn was indicted by a Grand Jury in the Western District of Arkansas in April of 2025 and entered a plea of guilty in July of 2025.

U.S. Attorney Kimberly D. Harris of the Western District of Arkansas made the announcement.

Arkansas State Police, Harrison Police Department, and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Devon Still prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.