Metlakatla man sentenced in child exploitation case

A Metlakatla man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material — part of a broader investigation that swept the small Southeast Alaska community last year.

Caleb Jametski, 32, was sentenced in Ketchikan under a plea deal to seven years with four suspended, and must register as a sex offender for 15 years after his release. The case began in late 2024, when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flagged abuse material being shared online by an Alaska resident. Investigators with Task Force Dawnbreaker, the state unit that handles online child-exploitation cases, traced it to Jametski and arrested him in February 2025.

His arrest was one of several. The operation in Metlakatla — a community of a few hundred on Annette Island, reachable only by air or water — grew out of multiple tips about abuse material uploaded from the area over several years. Three other men were arrested during the five-day sweep, with further investigations underway.