Tristen Johnson, 19, was indicted last year by a county grand jury on three second-degree felony counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and 14 fourth-degree felonies of the same charge. He was accused of involvement in creating, reproducing or publishing obscene material with a minor among its participants between June and September 2021.
Credit: Miami County Jail
Credit: Miami County Jail
Johnson later pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors to four fourth-degree felony pandering charges. The remaining charges were dismissed. His sentencing was scheduled originally for July 5 but was not held until Tuesday because Johnson failed to show up for sentencing. He was arrested recently in Troy on a warrant.
“I don’t really have much to say,” Johnson told Judge Jeannine Pratt.
She found he showed no genuine remorse for his acts, had a number of convictions as a juvenile and has charges pending for criminal damaging/endangering. “You are acting like a fool again,” Pratt said, adding she hopes he will “wake up” during time in prison.
Johnson was sentenced to 12 months on each of the four charges and ordered to serve the sentences concurrently. Because the charges are sex offenses, he also will have to complete five years of community control following prison release.
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