WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA — A Glen Dale, West Virginia man has admitted to receiving hundreds of images and videos containing child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced today.
Jason Matkovich, 39, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography. According to court documents, Matkovich downloaded more than 600 child sexual abuse images and videos from a subscription-based file-sharing website. These downloads, some of which depicted physical violence against children, occurred weekly or biweekly for nearly two months in 2025.
Matkovich is scheduled for sentencing on December 22, 2026.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Perri is prosecuting the case. The West Virginia State Police investigated.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and 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 Justice.gov/PSC.
U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Mazzone presided.
