Stephen Hans Jenkins, also known as BMO, has been sentenced to 246 months in federal prison for transporting child pornography. The sentencing was announced by Chadwick M. Elgersma, Interim United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. Jenkins, age 40 and from Trempealeau, Wisconsin, will also be subject to a lifetime period of supervised release following his prison term. He pleaded guilty to the charge on October 28, 2025.
Jenkins had been a family friend to three minors referred to as Minors A, B, and C. Over time, he began sexually assaulting Minor A. One night, Minor A discovered explicit images of Minors B and C on Jenkins’s iPad and informed family members. Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Jenkins’s residence in Trempealeau County where they found hundreds of sexually explicit images involving minors.
At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge William M. Conley commented that Jenkins was “in a position of trust for all his victims and used the position to ‘groom’ and exploit them.” Judge Conley described Jenkins as “a serial predator who was calculated, manipulative, and a danger to minors.”
The U.S. Department of Justice notes that producers of child pornography often build relationships with their victims over time through grooming tactics that foster trust or authority before sexualizing contact.
“Jenkins is a repeat child sex offender who represents a profound ongoing danger to children,” said Interim U.S. Attorney Elgersma. “Our office is dedicated to prosecuting anyone who creates and circulate depictions of child sexual exploitation and violence.”
Before this case involving Minors A, B, and C, Jenkins had prior convictions for groping a 10-year-old boy and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
Elgersma commended the efforts of multiple agencies involved in the investigation: the FBI; Trempealeau Police Department; Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office; Wisconsin Department of Corrections; and Ogden Police Department in Utah. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman prosecuted the case.
The investigation was part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), an initiative designed to combat child sexual exploitation by coordinating resources across federal, state, and local levels in order to locate offenders using the Internet as well as identify victims. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc.
