Gojkovich pleads guilty to one count child pornography

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[John "Big John" Gojkovich plead guilty last Friday to one count of child pornography.

Gojkovich was arrested on Dec. 16, 2008, at his home without incident. He was charged with three counts of child pornography, which is a Class 3 felony punishable by up to 2-5 years in prison.

Gojkovich was originally held on $250,000 bond, which was reduced to $25,000 at a hearing held on March 26.

Gojkovich had been unable to post the required bond, and was still incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail before pleading guilty.

Before his arrest, search warrants were issued for both Gojkovich's residence and place of business after, according to police sources, "an out-of-town complaint was filed".

Following the complaint search warrants were issued "for computers, hard drive and/or media contained within computers, images or videos of juveniles that appear to be pornographic in nature, computer media, including CD, DVD, thumb drives, memory cards, digital cameras and other media that may contain images."

According to police, charges were based on pictures found in his personal belongings at his office.

A motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence was filed on April 26. Following a hearing on the motion, it was denied.

A pre-trial hearing had been set for November before Gojkovich plead guilty to one count of the charges that were filed against him.

Gojkovich's public defender Bruce Berry declined to comment on the plea.

Gojkovich spent 284 days in custody, and his sentence for 284 days in jail came with credit for time served.

The sentence also places Gojkovich on 30 months probation. He must perform 100 hours of public service and pay a probation fee of $750.

Gojkovich must also register as a sex offender with the proper authorities, and must provide a DNA specimen and pay a $200 DNA fee. He must also complete sex offender counseling. Probation departments are also authorized to check any computer accessible to the defendant.

Gojkovich has also been given a progress call date to appear so that the court can monitor his progress in meeting the obligations. That has been set for Feb. 10, 2010, at 9 a.m.