Former Fairfield man sentenced to over 14 years for child porn

DAVENPORT – A former Fairfield man was sentenced this week to over 14 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography and ordered to pay each of his 11 victims $3,000 in restitution.

Auston Jacobus Hummell, 23, pleaded guilty in June to receiving and distributing child pornography. According to court documents, the investigation started when Mount Pleasant Police Department received a CyberTip from the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The information indicated files containing child pornography were uploaded from specific IP addresses and those were tracked back to Hummell.

Federal authorities worked with Kahoka Police Department in Kahoka, Miss., to issued a search warrant for Hummell’s known residence. During the search, numerous electronic devices were seized, which contained over 120,000 images and videos containing child pornography.

During sentencing, a judge also ordered Hummell to serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison term and pay each of the 11 identified victims $3,000 – total of $33,000.

The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa and was investigated by the FBI, Mount Pleasant and Kahoka, Missouri, police departments and the Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office asks anybody having knowledge of a child being sexually abused are encouraged to call the Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline at 1 (800)284-7821.

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