Former Minnesota Trooper Gets 27 Years for Producing Child Pornography

A former Minnesota State Trooper who wore his uniform while sexually abusing a child was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in federal prison. The sentence was handed down in federal court in Minnesota, nearly a year after he admitted to producing and distributing the videos.

Jeremy Francis Plonski, 31, of Shakopee, was sentenced to 324 months in prison and 180 months of supervised release for the production of child pornography and the distribution of child pornography, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced. He was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Kate M. Menendez and had pleaded guilty in October 2025.

According to court documents, Plonski produced 23 child pornographic videos from about April 2023 to October 2023. In some of the videos, Plonski, who worked as a Minnesota State Trooper, wore his uniform while personally sexually abusing a minor victim. He then distributed videos that depicted him sexually abusing the victim on a social media application.

The Minnesota State Patrol terminated Plonski.

“This defendant took an oath to protect the public, but he instead committed one of the most abhorrent offenses imaginable. Today’s sentence represents my office’s commitment to protect vulnerable children and the cooperation among federal and local law enforcement,” said United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen.

“As we said in our previous statement, no badge, no title, and no position will ever place anyone above the law. Protecting the vulnerable is our duty. Anyone who violates that duty has no place in this organization or in our profession. We are grateful for the work that went into this investigation and for the accountability that followed,” said Colonel Christina Bogojevic, Chief of the Minnesota State Patrol.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, with assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol and other law enforcement partners. It was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota and brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a national initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse.