Minnesota State Trooper Sentenced to 27 Years’ Imprisonment for the Production and Distribution of Child Pornography

MINNEAPOLIS - United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Jeremy Francis Plonski was sentenced to 324 months in prison and 180 months of supervised release for the production of child pornography and the distribution of child pornography.

Plonski was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Kate M. Menendez on September 8, 2026. He previously pleaded guilty on October 8, 2025.

According to court documents, from about April 2023 to October 2023, Plonski produced 23 child pornographic videos. In some of the videos, Plonski, who worked as a Minnesota State Trooper, wore his uniform while personally sexually abusing a minor victim. Plonski then distributed videos that depicted him sexually abusing the minor victim on a social media application.

"This defendant took an oath to protect the public, but he instead committed one of the most abhorrent offenses imaginable. Today's sentence represents my office's commitment to protect vulnerable children and the cooperation among federal and local law enforcement," said United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen.

"As we said in our previous statement, no badge, no title, and no position will ever place anyone above the law. Protecting the vulnerable is our duty. Anyone who violates that duty has no place in this organization or in our profession. We are grateful for the work that went into this investigation and for the accountability that followed," said Colonel Christina Bogojevic, Chief of the Minnesota State Patrol. "Jeremy Plonski was terminated by the Minnesota State Patrol."

"Jeremy Plonski betrayed everything he swore to protect," said FBI Minneapolis Field Office Special Agent in Charge Christopher D. Dotson. "The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is always horrendous crime, and as a law enforcement officer, Mr. Plonski knew the terrible harms that come to victims of these offenses. As we did in this case, the FBI and our partners will always act with immediacy and spare no resource to protect children from predators. While a prison sentence cannot repair the harms these crimes have caused, we hope that today's outcome will offer the victim and their family the sense of peace, safety, justice, and hope they deserve as they work toward healing."

"When someone sexually abuses a child, it is repulsive to all of us, but when it is also someone who wears a badge, it is even more disturbing," said Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans. "He vowed to uphold the law and he broke that promise. We are thankful for this result and that he has been held accountable for his actions."

This case was the result of an investigation by the FBI, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, with assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol and other law enforcement partners.

The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota.

This case was brought 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. Attorney's Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (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 www.justice.gov/psc.

Note: Previous press release on the defendant's charge and indictment linked here.