Iowa City man to serve 5 years in federal prison for child pornography

DAVENPORT - An Iowa City man was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to five years in prison for distribution of child pornography.

Ryan Felts, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography last year in U.S. District Court. Felts will also serve five years of supervised release after his prison term.

According to a plea agreement, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent began monitoring activity on a website in late 2009 and discovered in the chat portion of the site there were several users trading child pornography. The agent then traced back the IP address associated with screen names which posted multiple images to Felts.

On Nov. 30, 2009 Felts distributed several images of child pornography by posting them on a chat room, according to a plea agreement. In July 2010, a warrant was executed at Felts' residence and Felts admitted to downloading and viewing child pornography.