A Lisbon man was sentenced in federal court in Fargo on Wednesday to 40 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a minor and distribution of child pornography.

Craig Gregor, 29, appeared before Chief Judge Peter Welte of the U.S. District Court in Fargo. Welte further sentenced Gregor to a lifetime of supervised probation following his release. Investigators revealed that Gregor repeatedly filmed himself sexually abusing a six-year-old child and later shared the videos with others using the internet. A search of Gregor’s electronic devices by law enforcement found thousands of images and videos of child pornography.

“This four-decade sentence is more than justified considering the defendant’s breathtakingly abhorrent crimes,” U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider said. “Keeping children safe is a priority of the highest order for the United Sates Attorney’s Office. I congratulate our federal and state law enforcement partners for their successful efforts to ensure this individual faced justice.”

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Lee, District of North Dakota.