Metlakatla man gets 3 years for child sexual abuse material distribution

Caleb Jametski, 32, of Metlakatla was sentenced Tuesday in Ketchikan to seven years in prison with four suspended, leaving three years to serve, as part of a plea deal on a charge of distributing child sexual abuse material.

Upon release, he must register as a sex offender for fifteen years.

How the Case Began

The case began in November 2024 when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a report to Task Force Dawnbreaker, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation unit that handles online child-exploitation cases, about child sexual abuse material being distributed online by an Alaska resident. Investigators identified Jametski as the user. He was arrested in February 2025 without incident.

A Broader Operation

The February 2025 operation in Metlakatla was broader than a single arrest. The Alaska Department of Public Safety said at the time that investigators aimed to look into allegations of child physical and sexual abuse within the community, and that the agency's Technical Crimes Unit and Task Force Dawnbreaker had received multiple NCMEC cybertips concerning child pornography allegedly uploaded from the Metlakatla area from 2021, 2022, and 2024. Three other men were also arrested during the five-day operation, and additional investigations were ongoing.

Geography and Reach

Metlakatla sits on Annette Island in Southeast Alaska, accessible only by air or water. The cybertip pipeline that routes online exploitation reports from NCMEC to task forces like Dawnbreaker was central to initiating the investigation.