Former Corrections Officer and Mililani Resident Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

HONOLULU - United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Kenneth Kazuichi Arasato, Jr., 63, of Mililani, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Arasato was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to an identified victim.

Arasato, a former corrections officer, pled guilty on August 28, 2025 to a two-count indictment charging him with possession of child pornography. According to information presented to the Court at sentencing, Arasato used an encrypted communications platform and password-protected vault application on his cellular phone to hide his activities. He possessed over 200 images of child pornography, including at least one image that depicted an infant and other images that depicted prepubescent minors.

The Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mohammad Khatib prosecuted the case.

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 Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and 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 Justice.gov/PSC.