Honolulu Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography

HONOLULU - United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Devan Caulk, 21, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced today to fifteen years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for producing child pornography. He must also register as a sex offender. Caulk pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement in October 2025.

As part of his guilty plea, Caulk admitted that he began an online interaction with a child and coerced the child into producing and sending him sexually explicit content. Caulk falsely told the child that he was fifteen years old and instructed her in a video transmission over Instagram to take off her clothes and engage in specific sexual acts. When the child refused to engage in the sexual acts, Caulk threatened to post a screenshot of the child naked online to others.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeannette Graviss is prosecuting the case.

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. 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, visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.