A former Clear Creek Amana middle school track assistant coach was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for child porn. He also posed as a teen and encouraged a 15-year-old victim to produce sexually explicit photos for him to share with others online.
A Cedar Rapids woman, who was nabbed by an undercover officer on the internet, was sentenced to 40 years for child porn.
Also, lawmakers advance a bill allowing families to monitor nursing home residents.
Urbana man was sentenced this week to 30 years in federa prison for molesting and sexually exploiting a 4-year-old child. He recorded sexually explicit videos of the child and shared them with others online.
Iowa Republican lawmakers advanced a series of bills Tuesday intended to crack down on the distribution of obscene material to minors online by criminalizing some AI-generated porn, enhancing penalties for providing pornographic materials to minors, and requiring some businesses and social media platforms to verify users’ age.
Wilton man who solicited underage girls for sex online and sent them child porn was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison. Two adult women posed as teens and were sent graphic photos by the man and admitted to soliciting them because he thought they were minors.
A Cedar Rapids man who participated in online group that solicited sexually graphic videos and photos from 13-year-old girl was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison.
A federal judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids man to 15 years in federal prison for soliciting sexually explicit videos from minors in exchange for gift cards. He also used a hidden spy camera to secretly record a minor.
A former University of Iowa music professor has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for charges of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine that resulted in the death of a victim, and possessing child pornography.
A Cedar Rapids woman was nabbed by a federal task force officer in a private chat after she sent videos to him. She later admitted to investigators that she produced the child porn.
A Marion man was sentenced in Linn County to the maximum term of eight years in prison for possessing child porn.
A former Linn County reserve deputy sheriff was sentenced to 12 years for child pornography. A federal prosecutor said he was “committed to obtaining as much child pornography as he could.”
A retired University of Iowa music professor faces 25 years for distributing meth that resulted in a death and possessing thousands of photos and videos of child pornography.
Computer forensics is a relatively new field in law enforcement, but it’s quickly become one of the most necessary, according to investigators on the Joint Forensic Analysis Cyber Team, or J-FACT, of Johnson County. The team has been busy since it formed in 2021, with its hands in almost every criminal case in the county.
The 21-year-old man also faces up to 40 years in prison for child porn, a case that stems from the investigation conducted by the Iowa City Police Department regarding the sexual abuse
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