Former Coffeewood Prison Guard Arrested on Federal Child Porn Charge

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A former prison officer at Coffeewood Correctional Center in Mitchells, Virginia was arrested today on federal charges related to his receipt and purchase of child pornography.

Davey Jonathan Sisk, 29, of Culpeper, Virginia, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with one count of receipt of child pornography.

According to court documents, an investigation conducted by the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) revealed that from 2021 through 2022, a now-15-year-old minor living in Texas (MV1), and another minor engaged in sexual intercourse and then sold videos and images of these sexual encounters on the internet through various social applications, including Snapchat.

Specifically, it is alleged that Sisk, using the Snapchat username “JAKESMOOT2021,” paid approximately $465 through Cash App to MV1 in exchange for multiple sexually-explicit images and videos.

United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh of the Western District of Virginia made the announcement.

Homeland Security Investigations -  Washington D.C.’s Harrisonburg Field Office is investigating the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sally J. Sullivan is prosecuting the case.

A complaint is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.