Former Belle Plaine police officer sentenced to 10 years for child porn

CEDAR RAPIDS — A former Belle Plaine police officer who was convicted of accessing child pornography was sentenced this week to 10 years in federal prison.

Jared Daily, 35, pleaded guilty in January to one count of accessing child pornography. During the plea, Daily admitted he used a cellphone to access child pornography between January and June of last year.

Daily resigned last September after being charged, according to court documents.

The plea also states Daily accessed the images and videos using one or more cellphones and viewed the child pornography through messenger apps such as Snapchat and Kik. He also distributed at least three videos and three images to others.

The other charges of distribution and receiving child pornography were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.

U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams on Tuesday also ordered Daily to pay $5,000 in restitution to one of the victims identified in the images he accessed. Daily must also serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and comply with all sex offender registration and public notification requirements.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

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