Repeat sex offender sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison for sexually exploiting 8-year-old

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Approximately two years after he was released from prison for starving, beating and locking a 5-year-old child in a room for months, Timothi L. Cramer, 45, of Columbus, sexually exploited an 8-year-old. Cramer was sentenced in federal court here on July 10 to 393 months in prison.

According to court documents, cyber tips were received regarding Cramer uploading hundreds of child pornography files in February and March 2024.

Metadata for one image was flagged as "newly produced content" and indicated it had been created in February 2024 at or near the Baymont Inn in Columbus. The explicit photo depicted an 8-year-old victim. Cramer admitted to asking the child to pull down her pants for him for the photo.

Subsequent investigation of images and videos in Cramer's Gmail accounts revealed that Cramer seemed to have regular access to at least three minors.

In addition, investigation of his electronics showed that Cramer had obtained a voluminous catalog of child sexual abuse images and videos from the internet, including of toddlers and videos that depicted minors engaged in bestiality and subjected to sadistic and masochistic abuse.

The defendant was previously convicted in 2006 in Lake County, Florida, of Cruelty Toward Child Aggravated Child Abuse Torture and was sentenced to 20 years in prison with credit for 504 days served. He was released from prison in 2022.

Cramer pleaded guilty in this case in February 2025 to sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography.

Dominick S. Gerace II, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Jared Murphey, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit; and Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant announced the sentence imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Algenon L. Marbley. Assistant United States Attorney Emily Czerniejewski is representing the United States in this case.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorney's 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.

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