New York Sex Offender Sentenced to 60 Years for Committing Multiple Offenses Against North Carolina Minor

GREENSBORO - A New York man was sentenced today to 720 months in prison after pleading guilty to multiple offenses committed in North Carolina announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina (MDNC).

According to court records, JOSHUA TIMOTHY MILLER, age 33, of Rochester, New York, traveled to North Carolina on two occasions, first in December 2021 and again in February 2022 and engaged in sexually activity with a fifteen-year-old minor. Miller also recorded videos of the minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct while communicating via video chat.

At the time of these offenses, MILLER was a registered sex offender in New York. In 2007, in Monroe County, New York, MILLER was convicted of three counts of first-degree sexual abuse: sexual contact with an individual less than eleven years old and four counts of first-degree attempted sexual act. For these crimes, Miller was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision.

Today, MILLER was sentenced to a 720-month term of imprisonment by the Honorable Catherine C. Eagles, United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the MDNC. In addition to prison time, MILLER was ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release and to pay special assessments totaling $1,500.00. He pleaded guilty to two Informations on December 19, 2022. In case number 1:22CR396-1, he pleaded guilty to one violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 2252A(a)(5)(B), possession of child pornography. In case number 1:22CR390-1, he pleaded guilty to two violations of Title 18, United States Code Section 2423(b), traveling to meet a minor for sexual activity and two accompanying violations of Title 18, United States Code Section 2260A, committing a felony offense involving a minor while required to register as a sex offender.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of a local law enforcement agency and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Lindsey Freeman and Eric Iverson.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's 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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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