A Tacoma man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for producing images of child sexual abuse, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Demitri Super, age 29, pleaded guilty in June 2025. His federal sentence will run concurrently with a Pierce County Superior Court sentence for the sexual abuse of a toddler.
During the sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Judge Benjamin H. Settle addressed Super, stating, “What you did was monstrous.”
Acting U.S. Attorney Miller said, “This defendant preyed on a young child at the behest of a co-conspirator he met on the internet. Mr. Super willingly violated the toddler for a stranger overseas. Congress has established mandatory minimum sentences for such horrific conduct.”
Court documents indicate that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) became involved after being contacted by a foreign law enforcement agency regarding a Skype video depicting the rape of a toddler. The video had been seized from a male sex offender in the United Kingdom who had posed online as a female. HSI agents identified and arrested Super after recognizing him in the video and also notified the victim’s parents.
Prosecutors wrote to the court requesting a 15-year sentence: “The seriousness of Super’s crime cannot be overstated. He committed vile acts of sexual abuse against a defenseless toddler in his care. That toddler’s parents had every reason to trust Super with their child, and Super breached that trust in the most devastating manner possible.”
After serving his prison term, Super will be subject to 15 years of supervised release.
The investigation was led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Hampton is prosecuting the case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to address child sexual exploitation and abuse through coordinated efforts among federal, state, and local agencies. More information about Project Safe Childhood can be found at www.justice.gov/psc.
