Jackson County Inmate Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024 -- 4:00 PM

(WEAU Staff, WEAU) A Jackson County inmate is sentenced for possessing child pornography.

According to WEAU staff, online court records show Nicholas Gharrity-Johnson is sentenced to 6 years in prison and 5 years extended supervision on each count, all counts and both cases run concurrent with each other.

Gharrity-Johnson was charged with ten counts of possession of child pornography in Rusk County after an investigation was launched in 2019. The criminal complaint states Gharrity- Johnson, an inmate at the Jackson Correctional Institution, was subpoenaed in April of 2019 for an online investigation into 593 torrent files.

Officials say the investigation started before his incarceration when he lived in Weyerhaeuser. Gharrity- Johnson told investigators he used a peer-to-peer file sharing software to download music and pornography on to a laptop, two cell phones and an SD card.

He also told law enforcement that the SD card held most of the pornography, with children between the ages of 9-16.

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