Vamplust Blackmore

Vamplust Blackmore (real name John Anthony Fernandez, born December 29, 1990), is a furry artist who originally lived in Freeport, Illinois, USA who lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

Fursona
Vamplust Blackmore's fursona is a vampire bat.

Controversy
On Wednesday, February 5, 2014, John A. Fernandez was arrested for possession of child pornography as part of Operation Glass House, a statewide initiative launched by the office of the Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to apprehend the most active sexual offenders who downloaded and traded child pornography online. Madigan's investigators, with the assistance of the Freeport Police and the Stephenson County State's Attorney's office, conducted a search and arrested Fernandez after evidence of alleged child pornography was discovered.

Fernandez was charged with seven counts of possessing child pornography and three counts of dissemination of child pornography. All counts are Class X felonies and are each punishable by 6 to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. He was held in the Stephenson County Jail with a bond of $200,000.

On March 18, 2014, a posting was made on Vamplust's journal on SoFurry, ostensibly from Komatose, that read:

This was followed by a posting on Vamplust's Fur Affinity journal by Sonicfox, passing on a message from Vamplust. The message indicated his mailing address was now c/o Stephenson County Jail and hinted that he expected to be there for "five years".

On May 30, 2014, Vamplust was sentenced in the Stephenson County Circuit Court, receiving a term of 10 years in prison for the multiple child pornography charges.

On July 18 2019, Vamplust was released on parole, moving to Omaha, Nebraska.

On November 18, 2020, Vamplust was arrested for parole violations, whereas he was released two months later again on parole on December 30, 2020.