ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ANNOUNCES EFFINGHAM COUNTY MAN’S 38-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR PRODUCING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ANNOUNCES EFFINGHAM COUNTY MAN'S 38-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR PRODUCING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

September 24, 2026

Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced an Effingham, Illinois man was sentenced to 38 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul's ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online.

Landin Miller, 24, was sentenced in Effingham County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to two counts of video production of child sexual abuse material, both Class X felonies; and two counts of still shot production of child sexual abuse material, both Class 1 felonies.

"It is my hope that this sentencing gives the survivors and their families the justice they need to heal from the unimaginable trauma they have been through," Raoul said. "I commend my office's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force for its collaboration with local law enforcement to ensure this predator is held accountable for the heinous crimes he committed."

In May 2024, Raoul's investigators, along with officers from the Effingham Police Department, conducted a search of Miller's residence in Effingham. He was taken into custody and charged after investigators discovered evidence of child sexual abuse material.

Raoul's office co-prosecuted this case with Effingham County State's Attorney Aaron Jones' office.

"This sentence will protect children from abuse and exploitation," Jones said. "My office commends the hard work and diligence from law enforcement in investigating this case, in particular the Illinois Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Effingham Police Department. We are also grateful for the continued commitment of the Attorney General's office to investigate and prosecute these types of cases."

Raoul's office, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, runs the Illinois Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force that investigates child exploitation crimes and trains law enforcement agencies. The task force receives CyberTips, or online reports of child sexual abuse material, from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Over the last several years, CyberTipline reports have steadily increased. In 2025, reports to the ICAC Task Force increased by 45% over 2024.

Illinois' ICAC Task Force is one of 61 ICAC task forces throughout the country and is comprised of a network of more than 200 local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Since 2019, the Attorney General's ICAC Task Force has received more than 82,900 CyberTips and has been involved in more than 1,250 arrests of sexual predators. Since 2006, the Attorney General's ICAC Task Force has been involved in more than 2,600 arrests of sexual predators. In 2025, the task force was involved in rescuing more than 30 child victims from ongoing abuse. The task force also has provided internet safety training and education to more than a million parents, teachers, students and more than 25,000 law enforcement professionals.

Attorney General Raoul is reminding the public that child sexual exploitation can be reported online at cybertipline.com and child abuse at dcfsonlinereporting.dcfs.illinois.gov. In addition, local child advocacy centers can be found at childrensadvocacycentersofillinois.org.

Assistant Attorney General Scott Clark prosecuted the case for Raoul's office.