Rice Lake Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Distributing Child Pornography

MADISON, WIS. - Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jenson Clements, 21, Rice Lake, Wisconsin, was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Peterson to 5 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. The prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release. Clements pleaded guilty to this charge on August 28, 2026.

In February of 2025, Clements was sentenced to three years of probation for sexual contact with a minor in Barron County, Wisconsin. In June of 2025, while on probation, a 15-year-old reported sexual contact with Clements. A review of the juvenile's cell phone revealed that she met Clements on Snapchat, and that he sent her videos of them engaging in sexual activity. Clements was arrested and a later search of his phone revealed that he sent the same videos to two 14-year-olds in an effort to entice them to engage in sexual activity with him.

At the sentencing hearing, Judge Peterson noted that Clements' history of repeated acts of sexual predation against vulnerable girls made his current offense very serious. In sentencing Clements, Judge Peterson balanced the need to protect the public with the opportunity for rehabilitation given Clements' relatively young age.

The charge against Clements was the result of an investigation conducted by the Wausau, Wisconsin, Police Department, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, the Rice Lake Police Department, and the Barron County Sheriff's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Pfluger prosecuted this case.

This investigation was a part of Project Safe Childhood (PSC), a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. 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.justice.gov/psc.