United States of America v. Christopher Kevin Carpenter

Council Bluffs, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt of Child Pornography

Iowa City Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography

An Iowa City man was sentenced today to 6 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.



According to public court documents, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a CyberTip that a social media account, later determined to be associated with Christopher Kevin Carpenter, 62, received files containing child sexual abuse material. Law enforcement seized 10 electronic and storage devices during a search of Carpenter's Coralville residence. A forensic examination of the seized devices and multiple cloud-based storage accounts showed that Carpenter received images and videos containing child sexual abuse material dating back to 2001.



After completing his term of imprisonment, Carpenter will be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Carpenter was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution.



United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. This case was investigated by the University of Iowa Department of Campus Safety.



This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.