Oshkosh Sex Offender Indicted on Obscenity and Child Pornography Charges
Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 28, 2025, a five-count federal indictment was issued alleging that David E. Dejanovich (age: 52) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, engaged in the Receipt of Obscene Visual Depictions of the Sexual Abuse of Children in April 2024, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1466A. The indictment further alleges that he did so as an individual required to register as a sexual offender under state and federal law, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2260A. He is also charged with a single count of Receipt of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(2)(A).
The obscenity and child pornography charges carry a mandatory 15 years of imprisonment and up to 40 years’ imprisonment as to each count. Dejanovich faces an additional 10 years of mandatory imprisonment consecutive to the obscenity charges if the government proves his status as a sex offender. He may also be fined up to $250,000 as to each count and would continue to be required to register as a sexual offender under state and federal law.
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 U.S. Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ 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.projectsafechildhood.gov.
This case was investigated by the Oshkosh Police Department with the assistance of the United States Office of Probation and Parole located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel R. Humble.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove his guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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