Eagan, MN Federal Agent Sentenced to 7 Years for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material

Timothy Ryan Gregg, of Eagan, was sentenced on July 9, 2026, to seven years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material. At the time of the offense he was a Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent and an FBI Task Force Officer. He used his position to reach a minor and used agency resources to do it.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota charged Gregg by federal complaint on June 4, 2025, after the father of a minor victim found sexually explicit images and videos on his daughter's phone. The person in them was identified as Gregg. Rochester police helped take him into custody.

He waived indictment and pleaded guilty on October 30, 2025, to one count of transporting visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct — per the DOJ Office of the Inspector General and the federal docket, case 0:25-cr-00330 (D. Minn.).

On July 9, 2026, Judge Joan Ericksen sentenced him to seven years plus ten years of supervised release. Prosecutors asked for 14; his attorney, Ryan Pacyga, argued for the five-year mandatory minimum (Star Tribune). The sentence fell in between.

Court documents cited by the Star Tribune say the victim — 17 at the time — met Gregg on Tinder, and the two met at a hotel repeatedly between early March and late May 2025. Gregg used his own HSI/ICE work email to book the rooms.

His attorney told the Star Tribune the case ended a law enforcement career with about three years left before retirement, and that Gregg has since divorced. That is a defense attorney's characterization, not a court record — and the only account of the personal fallout currently on the record.

Gregg held a badge and had access to a federal law enforcement database at the same time he was, by his own guilty plea, using that access to identify and pursue a minor. The victim's father found the material; neither agency did.

Several things are not in the public record: whether HSI terminated Gregg or he resigned or retired ahead of it; whether either agency reviewed how his work email and database access were used, and whether anything changed as a result; whether he had any prior complaints or flags before June 2025; and whether he will be required to register as a sex offender, and where.