Stephen Kamnik was also sentenced for possessing child sexual abuse material, a stolen gun, using law enforcement databases for personal reasons
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Pennsylvania State Police Corporal was sentenced to prison for a wide range of criminal conduct, including using work computers to access A.I. tools to create pornography and for secretly filming and photographing individuals, including coworkers.
Stephen M. Kamnik, 40, pleaded guilty to 14 charges in all — nine felonies and five misdemeanors — including sexual abuse of children, unlawful use of a computer, receiving stolen property, and official oppression.
On Monday, a Montgomery County Judge sentenced Kamnik to 5 to 10 years in prison, followed by seven years of probation. Also Monday, the judge deemed Kamnik a “sexually violent predator,” meaning Kamnik must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Kamnik also was sentenced for using secured law enforcement and Commonwealth databases for personal reasons, and for possessing child sexual abuse material.
“This high-ranking public servant betrayed his oath and committed numerous crimes — many while on the job when he was supposed to be serving his community,” Attorney General Sunday said. “This conviction stains the many hard-working officers who abide by their oath and put their lives on the line every day to keep Pennsylvania safe.”
Pennsylvania State Police, in consultation with the Office of Attorney General, charged Kamnik last year.
According to the investigation, Kamnik created some of the material at Montgomery County barracks, on Commonwealth-owned devices.
An investigation by the Internal Affairs Division of the Pennsylvania State Police and the Office of Attorney General revealed that, for years, Kamnik allegedly misused Commonwealth computer resources for his own personal sexual gratification, including the creation of A.I.-generated pornography of numerous female citizens of Pennsylvania.
His cellphone and an external hard drive from his home revealed evidence that he also used a secured database, JNET, to obtain hundreds of photographs of females — in violation of JNET usage policies.
Among the materials investigators found was an unlawfully recorded video of a Montgomery County magisterial district judge during a court proceeding which Kamnik also edited for apparent lewd purposes.
Kamnik was also found in possession of a stolen .22 caliber firearm during a search of his vehicle in January of 2025.
In all, Kamnik pleaded guilty to:
- Four felony counts of unlawful use of computer
- Sexual abuse of children, a felony
- Receiving Stolen Property (regarding a firearm), a felony
- Unlawful duplication, a felony
- Interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic or oral communications, a felony
- Criminal trespass, a felony
- Misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy, official oppression, tampering with evidence, misapplication of entrusted property, and unlawful use of an audio or video device in court
The case was prosecuted by the Office of Attorney General’s Public Corruption and Child Predator Sections.
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