By Paula Pyzik Scott

Kris Shoemaker of Bluffton has been sentenced to 27 years in prison on child pornography charges, according to a July 7 report by The Lima News.

Shoemaker was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was convicted on one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography.

Shoemaker was arrested in Bluffton in May 2025 by the FBI and pled guilty in January 2026.

Co-defendant Kayla Miller of Lima pled guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography. She will be sentenced at a later date.

The arrests of Shoemaker and Miller were made after a tip to the FBI.